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Associate Professor Gerald Burke

Job title: Executive Director
Qualifications:  B.Com., Dip.Ed. (Melb), Ph.D.
 
Location:Clayton, building 6, room 316
Phone:+61 3 990 52865
 
Email:
Gerald.Burke@Education.monash.edu.au
Fax:  +61 3 990 52779

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Biography

Gerald Burke is a Professorial Fellow and Executive Director of the Monash University-ACER Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET)(www.education.monash.edu.au/centres/ceet). His recent work includes: expenditure on schooling, TAFE and higher education, price measures in education, the financing of lifelong learning.

Organisations for whom he has undertaken work in the last three years include ANTA, Australian Bureau of Statistics, DEST, DE&T Victoria and DE&T NSW, Catholic Education Commission of Victoria, Ministry of Education, New Zealand, OECD, British Council, National Business Initiative South Africa

Research Interests

Economics of Education and Training:

enrolment and labour force analysis

expenditure on education and training

costs of education

funding of education and student finance

Supervision

The market for vocational education and training

Investment in training in industry

School expenditures and outcomes

Publications

Angus, M, Olney, H, Ainley, J, Caldwell, B, Burke, G, Selleck, R & Spinks, J 2004, The Sufficiency of Resources for Australian Primary Schools, Report by Edith Cowan University, ACER, The University of Melbourne and Monash University.

Burke, G & White, P 2004, Price measures in education and training: opening a discussion, Paper # PA053, AVETRA Conference. www.avetra.org.au/Conference_Archives/2004/documents/PA053BurkeWhite.PDF

Burke, G, White, P & Long M 2004, School Education Funding, Report to the Department of Premier and Cabinet.

Burke, G, Keating M & Robinson L 2004, Broader educational outcomes: phase 1 final report, NFER MCEETYA project, University of Melbourne-Monash University Consortium, Melbourne.

Noonan, P, Burke, G & White, P, 2004, Policy developments in VET: analysis for selected countries, CEET Working Paper No. 54.

Burke, G 2003, Education reform and the labour market in pacific island countries Keeves, J & Watanabe, R (Eds) International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region, Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 29-42.

Burke, G 2003, 'Financing lifelong learning for all: an international perspective' Dohmen, D & Cleuvers, B, eds, Financing of Further Education and Lifelong Learning, Institute of Education and Socio-Economical Research & Consulting, Cologne.

Burke, G 2003, Provider costs of workplace training, Report to ANTA. Burke, G 2003, Australias Educational Expenditures, Report to ANTA.

Burke, G & Brewster, D 2003, Investing in South Africas FET Colleges, Financial Proposals to Implement the National Strategy for FET, Report of the Departmental Task Team, Department of Education, Pretoria.

Burke, G, Ferrier, F, Keating, J & Long M 2003, Human and Social Capital, the contribution of education and training to the formation and accumulation of human and social capital and implications for Victoria, Report to Department of Education and Training.

Burke, G, Lenahan, R & Hing Tong Ma 2003, Educational expenditure and participation in East Asia and Australia, Keeves, J & Watanabe, R (Eds) International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region, Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp.1267-79.

Burke, G, & Long M 2003, Expenditure on education and training in Australia with special attention to Indigenous students, NCVER Funding and Financing Forum,Adelaide 4 December.

Burke, G, Underwood, C & Beavis, A 2003, Factors affecting the costs of VET in schools: national overview and Victorian case study, Report to ANTA

Burke, G & White, P 2003, Price and quantity measures in VET: Opening a discussion, CEET Working Paper No 53.

Ferrier, F, Burke, G & Long, M 2003, Analysing occupational and skill change: a review of Australian and international literature, Report to ANTA. Noonan, P &

Burke, G 2003, New Skills for All: Investing in Victorias Public TAFE Institutes, Victorian TAFE Association.

Shah C & Burke, G 2003, Job turnover: replacement needs and vacancies by occupation, Report prepared for the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

Shah, C & Burke, G 2003, Skills shortages: concepts, measurement and implications, Report to ANTA.

Shah, C & Burke, G 2003, Future job openings: Australia in the knowledge economy, CEET Working Paper No.48.

Burke, G 2003, Australias educational expenditures. CEET Working Paper No.50

Shah, C & Burke, G 2003, Completion and partial completion of courses in TAFE, Australia. CEET Working Paper No.51

Shah, C & Burke, G 2003, Skills shortages: concepts, measurement and implications, CEET Working Paper No.52.

Burke, G & White P 2003, Price Measures in education and training: opening a discussion, CEET Working Paper No. 53

Brewster, D & Burke, G 2002, Agenda and timetable for VET reform, Report of a consultancy to support the Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Employment Creation, Directorate of VET, Namibia.

Burke, G & Brewster, D 2002, A Funding Regime for FET Colleges in South Africa, Stage 1 Scoping Study, Draft Report to the Department of Education South Africa and the Colleges Collaboration Fund.

Burke, G 2002, Educational revenues and expenditures by sector, Report to ANTA for 2001.

Burke, G 2002, The costs of VET in Australia: data and issues, CEET Conference Paper 26 August [online] www.education.monash.edu.au/centres/ceet

Burke, G 2002, The evolution of school funding: the ACT and Australia, Paper for the ACT Inquiry in to School Funding.

Burke, G 2002, 'Funding schools', Educare News, Issue 124 April pp.42-47.

Burke, G, Beavis, A & Underwood, C 2002, Costing Issues for VET in Schools: Secondary Colleges and TAFE, Report by CEET to Chisholm Institute of TAFE.

Burke, G & Long, M 2002, Resourcing the National Goals: discussion paper, Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA).

Burke, G, Long, M & Shah, C 2002, ACE policy: educational and economic context, MCEETYA. Burke, G & Reuling, J, (Eds) 2002, Vocational training and lifelong learning in Australia and Germany, NCVER, Adelaide. [online] www.ncver.edu.au/research/proj2/mk101.pdf

Long, M & Burke G 2002, Reviewing the case for a student contribution scheme in VET, Paper prepared for the NSW Department of Education and Training.

Long, M & Burke, G 2002, A commentary on aspects of the paper 'Varieties of Learning: The interface between higher education and vocational education and training', Submission 371 to Higher Education at the Cross Roads, DEST. [online] www.dest.gov.au/crossroads/issues4.htm

Shah, C & Burke, G 2002, Student Flows in TAFE, Report to ANTA. Shah, C & Burke, G 2002, Occupational Turnover and Vacancies, Report to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Canberra.

Shah, C, Long, M, Burke, G & Fischer, J 2002, Demand for Training: Labour Force Changes, Projected Job Openings for New Entrants and Workplace Developments, Report to the Office of Training and Tertiary Education, Department of Education and Training, Victoria. [online] www.otte.vic.gov.au/publications/KnowledgeandSkills/

Shah, C, Burke, G & Long, M 2002, Course completions and other course outcomes in TAFE in Australia, Report to ANTA.

Shah, C & Burke, G 2002, Job Growth and Replacement Needs in Nursing Occupations. CEET Working Paper No 43.

Burke, G 2002, Financing lifelong learning for all: an international perspective, CEET Working Paper No 46.

Burke, G 2001, 'So who's paying', Australian Training Review, No.37, pp.14-15.

Burke, G 2001, 'Financing lifelong learning, a review of needs and options', Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, Vol. XV No.3 pp301-31.

Burke, G 2001, Funding Schools National Summit on School Education, Melbourne, 28 September 2001 [online] www.deet.vic.gov.au/deet/media/news/Ed_Summit/index.htm

Burke, G & McKenzie, P 2001, Issues in the financing of higher education and VET, Background paper for the KPMG Strategic Positioning Project for the Northern Territory University, 25 pp. CEET.

Burke, G, Harrold, R & McKenzie, P 2001, An evaluation of education and training financial statistics Report to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 76 pp. CEET.

Burke, G, McKenzie, P & Shah, C 2001, Post Compulsory Education and Training Funding: Scoping Report, Prepared for the Department of Education, Employment and Training Victoria.

Burke, G & Phillips D 2001, Implications of changed indexation arrangements for the Australian Higher Education system, AVCC.

Burke, G & Spaull, A 2001, 'Australian schools: participation and funding 1901 to 2000', Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2001Year Book Australia, pp.433-46.

McKenzie, P & Burke G 2001, VET in the VCE Funding Final Report to VET in Schools Branch, DEET Victoria.

Selby Smith, C, Ferrier, F, Anderson, D, Burke, G, Hopkins, S, Long, M, Maglen, L, Malley, J, McKenzie, P & Shah, C 2001, The Economics of Vocational Education and Training in Australia: CEETs Stocktake, NCVER, Adelaide.

Shah, C & Burke, G 2001, Job growth and replacement needs in nursing occupations, Report 01/18 to the Evaluation and Investigations Programme, Higher Education Division, Department of Education, Science and Training, Canberra [online] www.dest.gov.au/highered/eippubs.htm.dest.gov.au Shah, C &

Burke, G 2001, 'Occupational replacement demand in Australia', International Journal of Manpower Vol. 22, No.7.

Shah, C, Fischer, J & Burke, G 2001, Future jobs and skills, Report to TAFE frontiers.

Burke, G 2000, 'Investment in the education and training of adults', Future Australia, Business/Higher Education Round Table, Issue 1, May, pp.111-114

Burke, G 2000, 'Education and economy: review of main assertions', in Seddon, T & Angus, L (Eds) Beyond Nostalgia: Reshaping Australian education, ACER, Melbourne pp.24-47.

Burke, G 2000, Improving the incentives for investment in training by adults: financing lifelong learning, Future Research, Research Futures, Proceedings of the Third AVETRA Conference Canberra, March, pp.43-50.

Burke, G, Long, M & Wurzburg, G 2000, Reducing the risk of under-investment in adults: background paper for international conference organised by the OECD and Human Resources Canada Lifelong Learning as an affordable investment, Ottawa, December 2000. [Online] http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/2/18/1917560.pdf

Burke, G, McKenzie, P & Shah, C 2000, 'The resource implications of VET in schools,' in Karmel, P ed. School resourcing: models and practices in changing times, The Australian College of Education, Deakin West, ACT, pp.118-125.

Burke, G & Smart, N 2000, Resourcing training packages: national data collection and cost monitoring project, Stage 1 Feasibility Study, Report to ANTA 2000.

Long, M, Ryan, R, Burke, G & Hopkins, S 2000, Enterprise-based education and training, a literature review, Report to the Ministry of Education, New Zealand.

Smart, N, Burke, G & McKenzie, P 2000, Data issues: development of a framework for key performance measures of student participation, transition, retention and completion/attainment, Supplementary report to National Education Performance Monitoring Taskforce of the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) Melbourne.

Burke, G 2000, Financing vocational training and lifelong learning, CEET Working Paper No 30.

Burke, G, Long, M & Wurzburg, G 2000, Reducing the risk of under-investment in adults: background paper for international conference organised by the OECD and Human Resources Canada Lifelong Learning as an affordable investment, Ottawa, December 2000. [Online] http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00005000/M00005872.pdf