Leading tertiary voices push for Morrison government policy to be scrapped, saying it hurts both students and universities
Higher education reforms introduced by the Morrison government – which doubled the price of some humanities degrees and lowered fees on some other courses – have not benefited students and should be scrapped, peak university bodies say.
The jobs-ready graduates package was implemented by the former Coalition government in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic to incentive students to study certain degrees, including science and engineering.increased fees for some courses, including humanitiesA coalition of leading tertiary voices have lodged submissions to Labor’s universities accord review, saying the reforms haven’t worked. They’re calling for the changes to be reversed and for a stronger, more equitable funding system.
The Australian National University’s vice-chancellor, Brian Schmidt, said there shouldn’t be barriers to public funding based on degrees that governments “don’t like”.“Incentivise them and let them keep their agency – give them scholarships, that changes people’s minds.
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