Australian Financial Review | 19 November 2012 Universities Australia’s first overarching policy paper will include statements about how higher education can contribute more to the national economy and will contain findings of a study which showed the vast majority of Australian parents want their children to get a degree. An earlier version of the paper canvassed contentious ideas such as raising student fees and imposing a minimum entry score for certain professional courses. While Universities Australia chairman Glyn Davis,would not be drawn on details of the latest version of the policy paper, he told the Financial Review that “we want to get universities up on to the … [Read more...]
