The Australian Higher Education Supplement 17 July 2013

17/07/2013 by

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Graphic illustration of fee ‘madness’
Julie Hare   COURSE fees for graphic design at Canberra Institute of Technology have risen 1000% in five years, an advanced diploma costing double that of a bachelors degree at nearby Canberra University.   Pat Forward, national TAFE secretary for the Australian Education Union, said government reforms under the Council of Australian Governments was driving irrationality in policy, with the removal of subsidies for higher-level vocational qualifications forcing providers to offer courses on a full-fee recovery basis.
For students, uni a moving experience
Andrew Trounson   LOCAL students are gradually becoming more adventurous and prepared to move cities to attend university.
Carr space on caps
Stephen Matchett   IT looks like Senator Carr is putting distance between him and  advocates of a reinstated cap on undergraduate places. Not that he ever  advocated such a thing, you understand. It’s just that his talk of a  renewed emphasis on quality created space for the most wishful of  thinking when he became higher education minister last month.
Soaring attrition fears not founded
Julie Hare and Andrew Trounson CLAIMS that the demand-driven system is affecting quality have been dealt a blow by new government data.  Nationally, attrition rates improved from 15% cent to 12.8% between 2005 and 2011 but up marginally from 12.5% in 2009.
Regional unis’ pitch for $20m
Sue Neales  SIX regional universities want extra funding from the federal government to help country communities and industries to expand and reach their full potential.  In a major policy shift, the Regional Universities Network is asking for a $20.5 million allocation from the Regional Development Australian Fund to put its university members “at the centre of strengthening and facilitating regional economic development”.

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Opinion
Deeper malaise threatens system
Michael Spence WORKFORCE shortages, training gaps and cost shifting top the list.
Buffer body would bring own problems
Peter Coaldrake THE idea of a universities commission has been rejected before.
More Opinion
Appointments
 Marginson heads to London
Colette appointed to arts board
 Kidd takes on WONCA

Letters
So it has come to this
Pot calling rankings kettle black?
 Academic boycotters are fool
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