The Australian’s John Ferguson says the top eight universities have come out “in utter revolt and utter rejection” against the tertiary reforms suggested by Education Minister Dan Tehan.
In June, Education Minister Dan Tehan announced fees for university courses in health, teaching and science would be reduced while the cost of humanities, law and arts degrees would increase. Mr Ferguson said “because of the lack of protections in the current bill, they fear that Dan Tehan will now have the power to unilaterally cut government funding to their courses without having to go through parliament as he would do now".
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DanTehanWannon great... more arts and humanities, less science and tech innovation and research... what could possibly go wrong...
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