A recent Productivity Commission report showed the demand driven system of university funding didn’t increase participation rates for Indigenous students. But our analysis actually shows the opposite.
- Executive Director, Student Equity; and Director, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University
While many military veterans do well on campus, not everyone feels welcome or their views matter. Here’s what universities can do better.
Students on ‘enabling’ courses may now have to pay substantial fees under higher education reforms.
There are already signs of this happening in Australia, but research from overseas reveals few benefits.
While research shows HEPPP has helped to increase numbers of disadvantaged students going to university, more specific evidence is still needed.
The main failure of university expansion is the unwillingness to fund it. Costs are certainly escalating, but priorities are always political as well as financial.
The ATAR system is cheap and efficient, but it means students are selected to go to university on the basis of a single score which some have claimed is too simplisitc. Is it time for a new system?
High school drop-out rates combined with costly travel and living expenses puts regional students at a disadvantage when applying to universities in Australia.
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