If a future government does decide to resurrect compact-like agreements, they should learn from the first two goes with them.
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International students are more attracted to universities that charge more, so would price equal quality in the eyes of Aussie students if fees were uncapped?
ANU economists argue that Australian universities should have “skin in the game” on Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debts.
All of the universities in Australia are of a high standard, so what makes them so good, and how do you choose between them?
As universities swallow a £150m cut to their teaching budgets, are they in a stable financial position?
Policies announced in George Osborne’s budget could harm students’ access to university and cost the state more.
There are suggestions that grants to help students cover their living costs could be cut.
Should publicly funded institutes such as universities be allowed to make political donations?
We value the boosted career and wealth outcomes for graduates and what that does for our economy, but university has more value than that.
Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is important, but universities, as public institutions, have a responsibility to fulfil their public role too.
A government office to support teaching has been put out to tender, but will the university that wins the contract be fair in doling out funds and projects?
You could be forgiven for thinking that education was left largely untouched in Tuesday’s federal budget. But the tinkerings to last year’s education budget still mean a “fail” for education funding.
Today’s budget fails to provide any new incentives to a Senate that is going to need a strong reason to give the deregulation bill a third run.
From a College of Teaching to vocational education, international students and whether to raise tuition fees, there is a lot in the ministers’ inboxes.
The Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann promised on budget eve that the government remains committed to the package of changes to higher education reforms announced by Education Minister Christopher Pyne…
Universities should drop the archaic idea of fixed terms and holidays in an effort to be more socially inclusive.
Unpaid HELP debts are a problem, while super contributions may be lost. Should students use super to repay HELP?
With the release of some universities’ annual reports over the last few weeks we’re able to see how the universities are really faring. Is the financial situation really as dire as vice-chancellors say, as rosy as their detractors say, or somewhere in between?
Currently law students pay about 80% of their degree cost, and nursing students only about 30%. Is it fairer if everyone pays the same?
The Group of Eight have now withdrawn their support for fee deregulation, despite it already having caused fissures in the higher education system. But what are they worried about? And what sort of conversation do they want to have now?
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Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor & Academic Director, Widening Participation, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, Melbourne CSHE, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
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Adjunct Associate Professor in History, University of New England
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Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University
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Lecturer, UCL
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Vice-Chancellor, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Vocational and Higher Education, University of Birmingham
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Executive Director, IRU, La Trobe University