{"id":38750,"date":"2026-05-05T04:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=38750"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:59:23","slug":"greens-cit-report-exposes-urgent-need-for-systemic-higher-education-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/greens-cit-report-exposes-urgent-need-for-systemic-higher-education-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens: CIT Report Exposes Urgent Need For Systemic Higher Education Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ACT Greens are extremely concerned about the findings of the \u2018Inquiry into the CIT CEO recruitment process\u2019 report<\/a> tabled today which point to deep, systemic failures in higher education governance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report recommends that ‘take all steps possible to obtain and consider the findings of misconduct made against Dr McNeill by TAFE NSW with a view to considering whether Dr McNeill remains suitable to perform her role as CEO’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Committee further found that Dr McNeill ‘should have disclosed the information about the misconduct investigation or findings to the CIT Board in a timely manner and that she did not, and that she actively misled the CIT Board by denying that there was a finding of misconduct that had been made against her’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven the seriousness of the Committee\u2019s findings, it\u2019s in the public interest for the CEO of CIT to resign,\u201d said ACT Greens Deputy Leader Jo Clay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFindings and evidence in the report<\/a> explain why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf she does not resign, the CIT Board should consider whether Dr McNeill remains a fit and proper person to be CEO for CIT and if so, the Board should be transparent with the Minister and community about how any decision is in the public interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut this situation is not just about one person \u2013 it highlights structural problems in how our higher education institutions are governed. We need to fix the system that allowed this to occur in the first place.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Committee also found that governance arrangements of the CIT Board are not fit for purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Across the sector and Canberra, we have seen the boards and councils of higher education and training fail to demonstrate accountability and good outcomes to their students, staff, and the wider community. We need better systems that meet the needs and expectations of the people at the heart of our institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s report follows the saga of the last CEO of CIT, Ms Leanne Cover, who resigned after findings of serious corrupt conduct by the Integrity Commission. Ms Cover resigned after receiving two years of paid leave. Her payouts and paid leave were in excess of $1 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ACT Greens are extremely concerned about the findings of the \u2018Inquiry into the CIT CEO recruitment process\u2019 report tabled today which point to deep, systemic failures in higher education governance. The report recommends that ‘take all steps possible to obtain and consider the findings of misconduct made against Dr McNeill by TAFE NSW with a view … Continue reading “Greens: CIT Report Exposes Urgent Need For Systemic Higher Education Reform”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38751,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38750\/revisions\/38751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}