Private colleges have been told to stop recruiting fake overseas students within six months or risk losing their licences.
It remains to be seen how much difference a sometimes-reduced rate of indexation is going to make. Certainly,some. But the root of the problem remains.
Education Minister Jason Clare’s vision for getting more disadvantaged students into universities will be outlined in next week’s budget.
Timing is important – and that’s one of the clear shortfalls in the federal government’s surprise for young people with student loans.
Education Minister Jason Clare also warned any intimidation on university campuses was “intolerable”.
Facing blowback over its agenda to help financially insecure Millennials,Labor has revealed a major change to the calculation of student loan indexation.
A royal commission is a good idea,but only if the government commits to implementing the recommendations. This needs to be a whole of community approach,not just whole of government.
The prime minister says he will announce soon a response to a recommended overhaul of HECS as calls come from the crossbench to look at wiping student debt.
Millions of Americans still owe their undergraduate and graduate loans,even though they borrowed only about $US5000 initially.
The HELP system has assisted millions of Australians with their university degrees,but the income-contingent loan needs an overhaul.
The Albanese government should be well satisfied by the Dunkley byelection result. Election analyst Antony Green has calculated that the average swing against governments in byelections since Federation has been about 3.5 per cent. The Dunkley swing of 3.8 per cent is about average and is no vindication of Peter Dutton’s campaign strategy.