... extracted from diverse articles, a general model is woven, linking rationalistic principles such as efficiency, productivity and accountability with various formats of reforms. Specific objectives include cost‐reduction, higher rate of social return, more reliable and comparable outcome assessment...

...Malcolm Abbott; Chris Doucouliagos The former colleges of advanced education were an important component of the higher education sector in Australia. Uses the Malmquist total factor productivity index to investigate the efficiency and productivity of Australian colleges of advanced education during...

...Elizabeth Hatton School development planning (SDP) is one outcome of education being managed by modes of management that originate in the corporate world of private enterprise. While the rhetoric indicates strongly that modes of management such as SDP are supportive of efficiency, effectiveness...