Post-secondary Education and Ontario’s Prosperity

Milway, James; Iacobucci, Frank; Tuohy, Carolyn Hughes

doi:10.3138/9781442680333-020

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“…The reforms redress some of the imbalance between revenue that universities earn from postgraduate programs relative to undergraduate coursework programs. This has been achieved by extending eligibility for income-contingent loans from postgraduate to undergraduate fee-paying students and by permitting universities to levy a HECS 0 ' Milway (2005) discusses the general point that when price is controlled supply is reduced. He illustrates this with Canadian data where there is a direct positive relationship (R' = 0.40) between average tuition fees in each Province and university participation rates.…”

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Towards a Level Playing Field for Australian Universities and Students

Williams

Dawkins

2006

Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy

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Reforms to higher education in Australia over the past twenty‐five years have followed the worldwide trend towards greater use of market mechanisms accompanied by greater accountability for public funds. In this paper we evaluate the opportunities and limitations of the current system of funding higher education in Australia. Three important tensions are highlighted: (i) the variety of prices paid by different students; (ii) the strong incentives for institutions to expand in size; and (iii) the strict regulation of the discipline mixes of universities. We put forward a number of proposals which collectively would deal with the current tensions and create a more level playing field for universities and students.

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