Audit and risk committees in the councils of multiple Australian universities should be hauling their Chief Financial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer in for an explanation right now. Daily coronavirus headlines continue to feed a string of breathless side stories about the damage bill for Australia’s higher education sector, but the damage bill should never …
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THE single issue that underpins the entire debate about of university fee freedom revolves around just one issue — price elasticity. Just how much are mums, dads and their kids willing to pay to get into their chosen university degree? It’s somewhat surprising that just a year after the soaring popularity of zero-fee MOOCs sent …
Barack Obama famously surfed to his first presidential victory on the back of his ‘audacity of hope’ war cry. A few years on, and in a globalised arena, online education purveyors are now struggling with news headlines of ‘Udacity can’t cope’, and the subsequent cries appear to be tears of bewilderment, rather than war. The …
To all the thousand trusty professors and associate professors who scrimped on their tea money to finance the latest anti-cuts campaign, I can only say save your dosh! Buy yourself an extra cream bun next week, or buy a lotto ticket – because both have a higher marginal chance of bringing you satisfaction than the …
