Vice chancellors warn of two-track system pricing out domestic students
A third -handed training chief said that some of the universities of the country were stuck in a negative feedback cycle to chase higher university rankings to attract more international students at the expense of domestic students.
Vice President of Western Sydney University George Williams Australia Financial Review The Higher Education Summit was priced on Tuesday that it was a two -way system for universities and local students in Australia.
George Williams Deputy Chancellor at Western Sydney University, Australia, said it is a two -piece system for universities and local students.Credit: Louie Douvis
“There are students who can afford to study at the university and there are many students and they cannot maintain the length of their degree even if they go to university,” he said.
Authorized, the Morrison government introduced during the ready -made graduates program “university students from the university pricing,” he said. The program resulted in the cost of increasing an art degree to $ 50,000, and the worker has continued the controversial program since he took office.
“[The] For domestic students, financing has fallen 2 billion dollars since 2020, so it is not a very clear signal and domestic students about where the priorities of the system are, especially in the second. ”
“And if you want to deal with the reducing government financing, it is about international students and this is about research ranking. And this virtuous environment: big universities, research ranking. International students are returning to research.
“And it is important that local students do not take a look.”
The UTS in Ultimo are among many universities who are currently cutting down.Credit: Louise Kennerley
In the face of a decrease in international students, many Australian University of Australia face dangerous financial situations and face hundreds of millions of dollars. UTS, Macquarie, Wollongong and Charles Sturd universities have announced their plans to cut jobs in the last 12 months. Meanwhile, other universities in the international league paintings such as Sydney University and NSW University have published great surplus.
