Australian universities have been likened to “a frog slowly boiling in water”, with most people fearing they focus on profit at the expense of quality education.
Almost three-quarters of adults surveyed said they were worried about declining funding to the sector, according to a report from The Australia Institute’s Centre For Future Work.
It found 83 percent of people were concerned education suffered due to an emphasis on making money at universities, and more than two-thirds thought the cost of attending courses was too high.
The results came from an online survey of 1002 Australians by The Australia Institute in March 2023, commissioned by the National Tertiary Education Union….