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Australia Plans University Fees Hike to Deter Humanities Students

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday June 21 2020, @11:53PM   Printer-friendly

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Australia's conservative government announced plans Friday to double university fees for humanities students, in a bid to push people into more useful, "job-relevant" courses like maths and science.

Under the proposal—which critics panned as an "ideological assault"—the cost of degrees like history or cultural studies will rise up to 113 percent to around US$29,000, while other courses such as nursing and information technology will become cheaper.

Education Minister Dan Tehan—an arts graduate with two advanced degrees in international relations—said the government wanted to corral young people towards "jobs of the future" to boost the country's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

"If you are wanting to do philosophy, which will be great for your critical thinking, also think about doing IT," Tehan said.

The plan would help pay for an additional 39,000 university places by 2023 and for cost cuts for courses like science, agriculture, maths and languages.

[...] "I'm an arts graduate and so is the minister for education so I'm not sure you can draw the conclusion that we're completely unemployable," said opposition lawmaker Tanya Plibersek.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday June 22 2020, @03:52PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) on Monday June 22 2020, @03:52PM (#1011131) Journal

    Are you schizophrenic?

    Who, we? But of course dear, such a nice multiplication factor to our paranoia (grin)

    (apologies, I should've grinned in my prev message)

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 25 2020, @01:45AM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday June 25 2020, @01:45AM (#1012247) Journal

    if you're seeing double you should have stuck with the pony instead of the schooner.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday June 25 2020, @04:16AM

      by c0lo (156) on Thursday June 25 2020, @04:16AM (#1012302) Journal

      if you're seeing double

      Bah, there's more than only both of us now (grin)

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