Changing patterns of governance for Australian universities

Dissatisfaction with the ‘corporate’ model for university governance, a model advocated by both sides of the Australian parliament and adopted by Australian universities over the past two decades, prompted the Australian Vice‐Chancellors’ Committee (AVCC) in 2003 Australian Vice‐Chancellors’ Committee (AVCC). 2003. Chancellors’ and AVCC statement on university governance Retrieved October 28, 2006 from http://www.avcc.edu.au/documents/policies_programs/statements/ [Google Scholar] to suggest an alternative ‘trusteeship’ model. The paper discusses how this model differs from the traditional ‘collegial’ and ‘corporate’ models in a number of key areas and attempts to determine whether good reasons exist to justify changing from the current ‘corporate’ style to a ‘trusteeship’ form of governance.