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Australian universities report finds quality of education eroded by ‘long-term underfunding’

New report reveals 83% of respondents are concerned universities’ focus on profit is undermining education standards

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Decades of declining public funding for universities and the increasing corporatisation of the sector has further eroded working conditions for staff and the quality of education for students, according to a new report.

Of the 1,002 respondents in the report by the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work, 83% said they were concerned universities’ focus on profit was undermining education standards.

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