Public funding of higher education
Student-related public funding for higher education is close to $8.5 billion a year. What benefit does the public receive for this investment, and how can we measure it? How much of the cost should students pay? Could similar outcomes be achieved at lower cost?
Reports
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14 June 2016
Orange Book 2016: priorities for the next Commonwealth Government -
28 March 2016
HELP for the future: fairer repayment of student debt -
1 November 2015
The cash nexus: how teaching funds research in Australian universities -
6 August 2013
Keep the caps off -
5 August 2012
Graduate Winners: Assessing the public and private benefits of higher education
News & Opinion
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5 September 2018
To fix higher education funding, we also need to fix vocational education -
25 January 2018
What will funding cuts to universities mean for the future health workforce? -
20 December 2017
Bold and successful experiment comes to premature end with $2.2 billion university funding cut -
25 October 2017
Performance funding is not the way to improve university teaching -
25 October 2017
Focus on big picture to finetune tertiary system
Speeches & Events
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13 February 2018
The demand driven higher education funding system: frozen or finished? – Sydney -
06 June 2017
What is a fair amount for university students to pay? -
13 August 2012
Graduate winners: public losers?