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Title

Australian government policy on higher education: impact on accounting education

Author(s)

Wells, Joan

Abstract

The Australian Commonwealth Government has embarked on a process of reform in higher education which comes after a period of severe cutbacks in the funding of education. The cutbacks were not limited to education but were part of the present Government's overall attempt to control total expenditure. The reforms fall into three basic areas: Amalgamation of institutions of higher education, the introduction of the Higher Education Contribution Scheme where students are required to contribute to the cost of their education and the Full Fee Paying Scheme where overseas students are charged a fee based on full average cost. This paper addresses the reforms and the impact of these reforms on higher education generally and accounting education specifically.

Publication type

Working paper

Research centre

Swinburne Institute of Technology. Faculty of Business

Publication year

1992

Keyword(s)

Higher education and state -- Australia;  Accounting -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Australia

Publisher

Faculty of Business, Swinburne Institute of Technology

Copyright

Copyright © 1992 Joan Wells. This work is reproduced in good faith. Every reasonable effort has been made to trace the copyright owner. For more information please contact researchbank@swin.edu.au.

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