University head backs ‘radical’ switch to free education
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University head backs ‘radical’ switch to free education
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/university-head-backs-radical-switch-to-free-education-20230620-p5di1u.html
It has become “sadly fashionable” to assume students will take out loans to pay higher education fees, but one university head admits he wouldn’t have paid the same price.
"Radical"
My dad went to Uni at taxpayer expense.
Also:
average student loan of $24,771
That's less than half what my HECS debt was, for an IT degree. Is there a whole bunch of $5000 HECS debts dragging this average down?