Abstract:
University managers might be forgiven for thinking that the sector has become something of a political football. The Gillard government hacked into university funding to cross-subsidise other areas of government, while the Abbott administration was intent on fee deregulation partly as a means of plugging the revenue hole. Despite such differences, both major political parties agree that universities are vital to the nation’s economic interests and that, as a leading export industry, the sector has enormous growth potential.
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