Review of the impact of the TEQSA Act on the higher education sector / Deloitte Access Economics

"The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (Cth) (theTEQSA Act) established the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) in 2011and a new national regulatory and quality assurance environment for Australian higher education(which largely took effect from January 2012). The aim was to establish a national system of regulation to assure the quality of all higher education providers as the sector went through a period of expansion arising from the move to a demand-driven system. ... Section 203 of the TEQSA Act requires that a review of the impact of the Act on the sector be commenced before 1 January, 2016. On 12 December, 2015 the Minister set six Terms of Reference (set out in the Introduction to this Report) and agreed that the Higher Education Standards Panel should oversee the Review. Deloitte Access Economics was commissioned to undertake this Review. This Report presents its findings."--Executive summary.