The focus on rankings has been more a symptom than a cause of the challenge Australian universities face, namely a structural change in their revenue base.
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The Australian government has dropped protections for language programs at a time when universities are announcing plans to end Asian languages courses. That’s a mistake in the Asian Century.
Lockdowns, job loss and university courses struck down: 2020 was a difficult year for Australia’s artists. But there was light through the darkness.
Educating international students provides far more benefits for Australia than is commonly acknowledged. But it has also created problems and an ambitious agenda is needed to overcome these.
A post-war funding crisis forced universities to take the initiative in making their case to the public. A new history explores how universities did it and the changes they brought about.
It’s one of the largest funding cuts to any university course, and will leave Australia ill-equipped to deal with the environmental challenges of the future.
Three key policy errors in the legislation mean the Morrison government is unlikely to achieve the stated goals of its package.
What is musicology and why is it important?
Three decades ago, in another time of upheaval in higher education, 7% of working-age Australians had a degree. Today 33% have one. More people than ever have a stake in what happens to universities.
Although the government has identified a real problem, its heavy-handed regulation would create unnecessary red tape for universities and exclude students who should get a second chance.
All universities face job losses. But the impacts of these job losses are greatest for regional communities.
Doubling the cost of degrees in the humanities and social sciences has a disproportionate impact on women because they account for two-thirds of the students.
More than 70 of Australia’s Laureate professors have signed a letter to the minister for education, Dan Tehan, outlining the flaws in the proposed university reforms.
From December 2017 (when the government put a cap on demand-driven funding) to 2024 (when the Job-ready graduates package is fully implemented) — the government will save nearly A$1 billion annually.
Developments in the 80s set the parameters for much of the political discourse around the humanities since.
Experts predict today’s graduates will have several different careers throughout their working life. The government’s university changes seem ignorant of this.
Research shows predictions for the jobs of the future are unreliable, and the government’s funding changes don’t match what their own data shows about future earnings.
The reduced rate of funding to universities (of up to 17%), per place, for national priority courses sends perverse messages to universities.
The implications of the government’s announcement are about more than incentivising the career trajectories of students. They are a direct assault on the premise of universities.
The education minister has outlined reforms to higher education funding aimed at producing ‘job ready graduates’. But his announcements don’t seem completely in line with the data.
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, 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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Professor of Research, Foundations & Higher Education, Northern Arizona University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Policy Analyst, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Vice-Chancellor, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Higher Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland
