Modern Australian

Australian tertiary education funding is not as low as it seems in OECD metrics

  • Written by Geoff Sharrock, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Vocational and Educational Policy, University of Melbourne
Australian tertiary education funding is not as low as it seems in OECD metricsOECD data can be a cherry-picker’s picnic in local higher education funding debates.www.shutterstock.com

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In Paris each year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publishes its Education at a Glance report. And each year, local reporting highlights our incredibly low public spending on...