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Why regional universities are at risk of going under

  • Written by Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW
Why regional universities are at risk of going underCapital city universities can use income from foreign students to maintain their buildings. Their regional cousins are struggling.Shutterstock

Unless the federal government changes its funding policy for universities, less well-off ones, particularly regional universities, are going to fail.

In Britain, it is already happening. Several bankruptcies...

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