Battle Over Control Looms in AustraliaBy DAVID COHENEducators in Australia have vowed to challenge the government's proposal, announced this month, to take control of public universities away from the states and put them under federal authority. As part of what has been described as the most potentially far-reaching reconstitution of higher education since the nation's founding, in 1901, the federal... Copyright © 2008 by The Chronicle of Higher Education Subscribe | About The Chronicle | Contact us | Terms of use | Privacy policy | Help |