A Labor victory in May*s election could still see funding conditional on universities* employability, diversity or research records, says Andrew Norton
For all the criticism it gets, the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank remains a cheap and efficient selection system that plausibly links entry criteria to academic outcomes, says Andrew Norton
Australian legislation proposes to lower the country*s generous loan repayment threshold 每 but some argue that it should rise even higher, says Andrew Norton
Australian policymakers have moved to link funding to student retention. But they must accept that desirable trends don*t all arise in perfect harmony, says Andrew Norton