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Four Corners investigates claims that financial pressures are being used to justify sweeping restructures, while staff and students are left to bear the consequences. (Four Corners)
JASON CLARE, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION: "Anybody who thinks that we don't have a governance problem with our universities is living under a rock."
STEVE CANNANE: As public funding has declined, universities have become increasingly corporatised.
FIONA PROBYN-RAPSEY, FORMER PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG : "We have all these finance and business experts on university councils now, but our finances seem to be getting worse. How's that?"
ELLA HAID, STUDENT, UTS: "I try not to check my student debt, but every time I do, I can't help but think how it's being used."
The Stats Guy: I dreamed I was running a uni. Here’s what I changed
The four fundamental changes that would set Australian universities up for the challenges ahead and the needs of society, according to Simon Kuestenmacher.
I had a strange dream the other night. I woke up as the chancellor of a large Australian university.
Tens of thousands of students. Billions in revenue. A sprawling campus and an even more sprawling set of problems.
So I did what any demographer would do. I went straight to the numbers.
Australian universities are no longer just places of learning, they are complex financial machines. At many large institutions, more than half of all revenue is tied to students. And within that, international students often provide the single biggest marginal dollar.
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Inside the university shake up gripping campuses on FOUR CORNERS
Reporter Steve Cannane examines the factors behind the shift, including funding challenges, rising debt and the impact on staff and students across campuses nationwide.
Australian universities are in turmoil. Deep cuts to jobs and courses are triggering fury on campuses across the country.
This week on Four Corners, reporter Steve Cannane investigates how years of shrinking public funding, rising debt and increasingly corporate decision making have pushed some of the nation’s most important public institutions to breaking point.
Campus Chaos reveals the scale of spending on outside consultants and asks what that means for transparency, accountability and the future of higher education.
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