Meeting the costs of a university education
Written by Steven Schwartz on July 11th, 2008
As part of my submission to the Bradley Review of Higher Education, I argued that we should allow students to borrow the cost of accommodation, subsistence, books and transport and repay them through the HECS system. See also my article in the Canberra Times on this topic.
My point is that while HECS makes it possible […]
Towards a fairer Australian higher education system
Written by Steven Schwartz on July 2nd, 2008
This week I made a submission to the Bradley Review of Higher Education in which I put forward my personal views on how we could make the Australian higher education system much more accessible.
I’ve titled it ‘Six steps towards a more equitable higher education system’, and you can read the full version here in […]
Equity in higher ed: reasons to be optimistic
Written by Steven Schwartz on June 11th, 2008
This week Macquarie University played host to Acting Prime Minister and Education Minister Julia Gillard as she released the Federal Government’s higher education review discussion paper.
The review, headed by the former vice-chancellor of the University of South Australia, Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AC - who was also here at Macquarie for the launch – is […]
Utilitarian unis: it’s just not cricket
Written by Steven Schwartz on January 15th, 2008
A recent article (‘Just apeing society’s values’, Financial Review, 14/1/08 p 54) commenting on the controversial second cricket Test in Sydney between Australia and India has got me thinking about universities.
Now it may seem odd to be considering cricket and higher education in the same breath. (I know many people would be outraged by this […]
Should universities have social goals?
Written by Steven Schwartz on November 23rd, 2007
Writing in The Australian today higher education editor Catherine Armitage concludes a look at the politics of higher education by stating that whoever wins the election “a long, hard look at the university sector is long overdue”.
Any inquiry that does take place almost certainly will focus on the economics of higher education. This is necessary […]