Australian Financial Review | 16 December 2013The Commonwealth government is planning to end the historical role of state governments in the establishment and governance of universities._______________________________________________________Education minister Christopher Pyne is in talks with the NSW government about the Commonwealth assuming control over the governance of the state’s 10 universities, which would be the first stage of a national takeover.Currently, all universities except the Australian National University were established as state institutions, although the Whitlam government took over direct funding in 1974 and the Commonwealth has had an increasing regulatory … [Read more...]