Most of the universities whose graduates earn more after nine years in the workforce are in NSW and ACT. That suggests it’s more about where the best-paid jobs are than the universities themselves.
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More and more Australians are gaining university degrees. And increasingly that means a degree does not guarantee a job, although it did appear to offer some protection against COVID job losses.
Universities could mine alumni databases to improve individual institutions’ work - and raise funds.
The ethical and political reasons to avoid free higher education are unambiguous.
If leaders of educational institutions are concerned about the employability of graduates, they should avoid over-investing in STEM subjects and stop snubbing liberal arts.
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Head of Department of Employment Relations & Human Resources, and Professor, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Parasitology and Entomology, St Paul's University
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Professor Emeritus, Education and History, York University, Canada
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Research associate, School of Economics, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Griffith University
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Casual Academic, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast
