History of tertiary education reforms in New Zealand

This note was prepared as a background resource for the Productivity Commission's 'New models of tertiary education' inquiry. It briefly describes successive reforms to the New Zealand tertiary education system over the last 28 years. It identifies the main motivations for reforms, how the reforms played out in practice, and how policy makers made adjustments in response. The note draws out some lessons that are likely to remain current into the future.

Published abstract.

Authors: Crawford, Ron

Published: Wellington, New Zealand, New Zealand Productivity Commission, 2016

Resource type: Government report or paper

Physical description: vi, 21 p.

Access item: https://www.productivity.govt.nz/assets/Documents/history-of-tertiary-educaion/65759a16ed/History-of-tertiary-education-reforms.pdf

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