Emeritus Professor Grant Harman
Director, Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy, Faculty of The Professions, UNE Business School
Qualifications
MA (NE), PhD (ANU), FACE
Contact
| Email: | gharman@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Agricultural Economics 1 (W37) |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3217 (or +61 2 6773 3217 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3363 |
Member of the Administrative Studies group within the School of Business, Economics and Public Policy and is also an active researcher in the Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy (CHEMP).
Special Awards
Emeritus Professor; Fellow of the Australian College of Education; Awarded degree of Doctor of the University (UNE).
Memberships
Australian College of Education; Australian Association for Educational Research; American Educational Research Association; Association of Tertiary Education Managers; Consortium of Higher Education Researchers; and American Society for Higher Education.
Journal Editorships and Editorial Boards
- Editor in Chief, Higher Education (published by Springer)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Educational Administration (MCB University Press)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Higher Educational Policy and Management (Carfax Publishing)
- Consulting Editor, South African Journal of Educational Research (South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education)
Areas of Teaching
- PDAS 574 Planning and Policy;
- PDAS 551 Universities, Innovation and Knowledge Societies; and
- MBA 673 Educational Planning and Policy
Research interests
Higher education policy and management; Comparative international studies; Academic profession; Quality assurance for higher education; University-industry research links; Technology transfer and research commercialisation.
Consultancies
The World Bank and Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, consultant for three months as Higher Education Expert (Research Grants) for preparation for second Higher Education Project, 2005.
SEAMEO Research Institute for Higher Education and Development of South East Asia Ministers’ of Education Organisation, consultant for running workshop on Long Range Planning for participants from six Mekong Delta countries, June 2003, and on strategic planning for Burapha University, Thailand, August 2003.
Australian Education International, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, consultant to project on quality assurance for higher education in Thailand, funded by AusAID, August 2002.
South African University Vice-Chancellors’ Association, Consultant on institutional mergers and running workshops for Vice-Chancellors and Chairs of University Councils, 2001-2002.
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Consultant for project on Strategic review and quality enhancement program in Public Health Courses in Universities, June 2000-May 2001.
Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Consultant for production of introductory chapter for second national report on higher education, July-December, 2000.
World Bank, Consultant to prepare paper on Australia’s Experience with Institutional Mergers in Higher Education for seminar in Shanghai, July 1999.
Centre for Higher Education Transformation, Pretoria, Consultant on Institutional Mergers in Higher Education, September 1999.
Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Consultant with Professor Lynn Meek on design of new national system of quality assurance for higher education, July-September 1999.
Unesco Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and Association of Asian and Pacific Universities, 1997, wrote one of three working papers for Asia and Pacific Conference on Higher Education, Tokyo July 1997 and acted as Rapporteur General for Conference.
IDP Education Australia, Consultant for Institutional Planning on Papua New Guinea Higher Education Project, 1994 – 1998
Unesco Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 1990-2003 (for various projects including planning of major conferences and workshops, preparation of policy papers, and preparation of tenders for outside contracts).
World Bank, preparation of paper on student selection for higher education in developing countries and participation in policy seminar, Singapore, 1992.
International Development Program of Australian Universities Ltd, Consultant on Academic Restructuring to the University of Papua New Guinea and on Strategic Planning to the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, 1993.
Recent Publications
For a full listing of E/Prof Harman's publications follow this link.
Books and Chapters
Harman, G. 2008, Proposal for an Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement, Final Report to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Development of a National Diploma Supplement Project, 02 May 2008 (with R. James, V. Meek, J. van der Lee, P. Corrigan, L. Goedegebuure & K. Harris) Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Training, Canberra.
Harman, G. 2008, 'Private Higher Education in Australia' in Proceedings of the International Conference on Privatization of Higher Education January 7-8 2008, Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Study of Science and Technology, Technion, Haifa.
Harman, G. and Meek, V.L. 2007, 'Australia: Adjustment to the New Management and Entrepreneurial Environment', in W. Locke and U. Teichler (eds.) The Changing Conditions for Academic Work and Careers in Select Countries, INCHER-Kassel, pp.127-146.
Harman, G. 2007, 'Social Scientists and Higher Education Policy Studies', in J. Enders and F. van Vught (eds.) Towards a cartography of higher education policy change - A Festschrift in honour of Guy Neave’, CHEPS, The Netherlands, pp. 315-320.
Harman, G. 2006, ' Research and Scholarship' in International Handbook of Higher Education, Part One: Global Themes and Contemporary Challenges, eds. J.J. Forest & P.G. Altbach. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 309-328.
Harman, G. 2006 ‘The Australian Experience of transition to Mass Higher Education’ in Proceedings of the International Conference Transition to Mass Higher Education Systems; International Comparisons & Perspectives, The S. Neamann Press, Haifa, Israel, 93-122.
Harman, G. and Harman, K. 2008, 'Strategic mergers of strong institutions to enhance competitive advantage', Higher Education Policy, vol. 21, pp. 99-121.
Harman, G. 2006, 'Adjustment of Australian academics to the new commercial university environment', Higher Education Policy, vol. 19, pp. 153-172.
Harman, G. & Stone, C. 2006 Australian University Technology Transfer Managers: Backgrounds, Work Roles, Specialist Skills and Perceptions (with Christopher Stone), Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol 28, No 3, November. 213-230.
Harman, G. 2005, ‘Political instruments employed by governments to enhance university research and knowledge transfer capacity’, Higher Education Management and Policy, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 75-89.
Harman, G. 2005, 'Australian social scientists and transition to a more commercial university environment', Higher Education Research & Development, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 79-94.
Harman, G. 2005, 'Key research policy issues and the changing role of the state in the Asia-Pacific region', Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, vol. 19, pp. 199-222.
Harman, G. 2004 New Directions in Internationalizing Higher Education: Australia’s Development as an Exporter of Higher Education Services, Higher Education Policy, Vol. 17, No. 1,101-120.
Harman, G. & Harman, K. 2004 Governments and Universities as the Main Drivers of Enhanced Australian University Research Commercialisation Capacity, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol. 26, No 2, pp. 153-169.
Harman, G. & Ollif, C. 2004 Universities and Government-sponsored Contract Research: An Australian Case-Study, Prometheus, Vol 22, No 4, pp 439-455.
Conference Papers
Harman, G. 2008, Australian Experience with Private Higher Education, paper presented at the Conference on Privatization in Higher Education, Haifa, January.
Harman, G. 2007, University Links and Research Commercialisation: Challenges for University Management, paper presented at seminar on Supporting and Developing Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer, funded by the Department for Education & Skills (DfES), the Higher Education Funding Council England (HEFCE), the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Funding Council(SFC), Gleddoch House, Langbank, Scotland, November.
Harman, G. 2007, University Research Links with Industry: Experience of Australian Science and Technology Academics, 8th International Conference on Education Research on New Challenges in Higher Education, Education Research Institute, Seoul National University, October.
Harman, G. and Harman, K. 2006 ‘Strategic Mergers of Strong Institutions to Enhance Competitive Advantage’, paper to be presented at 19th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, 7-9 September 2006, Kassel, Germany.
Harman, G. and Meek, V.L. 2006 ‘Key Challenges to Academic Profession in Australia’, paper prepared for UNESCO Forum: Europe and North America Scientific Committee on ‘The Changing Role of the Academic Profession and its Interface with Management', Kassel, Germany, 5-6 September 2006.
Harman, G. 2006, 'The Australian experience of transition to mass higher education', in Proceedings of the International Conference "Transition to mass Higher Education Systems: International Comparisons & Perspectives', December 5-6 2004, eds. C. Diament & A. Rosner, The S. Neaman Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.