The super policy powers that changed education

While it may not look like it lately, there are manyLearning from HECS heroes in Australia, some collected by ANU Press in a new collection of essays on successful public policy in Australia and New Zealand, edited by Johanna Lutjens, Michael Mintrom and Paul ‘t Hart.

One really worth a read is the learned Tim Higgin’s piece on the policy and politics of creating HECs – with Labor talking about a generational review of post-school education, it is worth discovering how the last transformative changes were designed and implemented.

Saga-wise, Mr Higgins isn’t especially Icelandic but he describes the work of policy heroes and heroines, right when we need bold deeds and big ideas.