ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the characteristics of the universities, and shows why other Australian universities with otherwise similar histories developed as single sector universities. The Australian institutions that identify themselves and recognize each other as dual sector universities are Charles Darwin University, Swinburne University of Technology, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, the University of Ballarat, and Victoria University in Melbourne. Many Australian universities appear to be dual sector because they offer some vocational education programs. Some Australian universities have vertically integrated programs and services systematically, most often for international students. The current dual sector universities may follow the other universities that developed from vocational education institutions and subsequently discard their vocational education programs to concentrate on higher-level programs and research. The chapter concludes by considering the potential for the development of new dual sector universities in Australia.
