Greater investment is ‘pivotal’ as Australia languishes at the bottom of global rankings in public spending on universities,peak body for sector to argueUniversities Australia has sought to draw a line under its support for the government’s ill-fated design to deregulate student fees, resuming its long-standing calls for greater public investment in the sector.
The main body representing public universities planned to publish newspaper advertisements on Wednesday that called on the government to “fund our future” because public spending now ranked 24th out of 25 advanced economies as a share of gross domestic product.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com