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Diploma enrolments waver as Victoria shifts to demand drive
There are mixed signs from Australia’s first large-scale move into demand-driven tertiary education.
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There are mixed signs from Australia’s first large-scale move into demand-driven tertiary education.
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The problem appears to be that
1. Prospective students believe they will do better by getting a university degree, and
2. Private providers are cheaper than public providers.
Is it perhaps not true that students will do better with a university degree than with a TAFE qualification? If so, why?
If private providers are cheaper than public providers, then the system is seriously skewed. This ought to be investigated.