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Why the profit motive fails in education

  • Written by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
Why the profit motive fails in educationThe 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.com

The 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...

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