RUN says uncapped system boosts equity in HE

27/03/2014 by

The Australian     |    24 March 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… With the review of the demand driven system due to report, regional universities have defended the uncapped higher education system from claims it is doing little to boost social mobility. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….................................... In a policy note published last month, the Group of Eight said demand-driven higher education had done more for the privileged than the battlers. It said that while the proportion of low socio-economic status students had increased by around one percentage point between 2008 and 2012, the majority of the growth had come from people of medium or … [Read more...]

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