Why the profit motive fails in education
- Written by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
The disastrous experience of vocational education and training in Australia holds many lessons about trying to fit education into a for-profit market model.www.shutterstock.comThe Morrison government’s waiving of almost A$500 million in dodgy vocational education and training debts holds many lessons about the nature of education and public...