Education minister Jason Clare says the national regulator needs sharpened powers to “step in” around governance and leadership issues in the university sector and warned vice chancellors not to get “too defensive” about moves to limit their generous salaries.
Clare will tell The Australian Financial Review Higher Education Summit on Tuesday that university governance is “not up to scratch”, as wide-ranging issues including staff underpayments and failure to deal with antisemitism on campuses have driven public support for the sector to historic lows.
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