Aussie Varsity Courses To Cost The Sky And Beyond.
Several universities in Australia will charge students A$220,000 to secure full-fee degrees from next year, it was reported.
Students may even have to pay up to A$237,000 for a combined bachelor of arts and medicine.
The figures are revealed in the 2007 edition of the Good Universities Guide, which confirms that University of New South Wales, the University of Melbourne and Bond University in the Gold Coast will charge more than A$200,000 for medicine degrees.
Despite Prime Minister John Howard's 1999 election pledge that "there will be no A$100,000 degrees under this Government", over 100 degrees now cost more than A$100,000.
Just two years ago, only 50 universities were charging students A$100,000 or more if they missed out on marks and sought a full-fee degree, 'The Australian' newspaper reported. According to the Good Universities Guide, students at Bond University will pay A$233,000 for a medicine degree and A$219,000 for a combined bachelor of arts and medicine qualification.
Australia's Opposition Leader Kim Beazley has vowed, if elected next year, he will scrap full-fee degrees, despite the annual A$90 million cost of doing so.
"Things like these A$237,000 uni degrees are the camouflage to cover this deep undermining of the intellectual quality of this nation, and it's got to end," he said. "This is a major Australian tragedy and we are the only nation to whom this applies."
He said the Howard Government wanted people to pay ridiculous amounts for university degrees because the Government had reduced investment in higher education.
Students may even have to pay up to A$237,000 for a combined bachelor of arts and medicine.
The figures are revealed in the 2007 edition of the Good Universities Guide, which confirms that University of New South Wales, the University of Melbourne and Bond University in the Gold Coast will charge more than A$200,000 for medicine degrees.
Despite Prime Minister John Howard's 1999 election pledge that "there will be no A$100,000 degrees under this Government", over 100 degrees now cost more than A$100,000.
Just two years ago, only 50 universities were charging students A$100,000 or more if they missed out on marks and sought a full-fee degree, 'The Australian' newspaper reported. According to the Good Universities Guide, students at Bond University will pay A$233,000 for a medicine degree and A$219,000 for a combined bachelor of arts and medicine qualification.
Australia's Opposition Leader Kim Beazley has vowed, if elected next year, he will scrap full-fee degrees, despite the annual A$90 million cost of doing so.
"Things like these A$237,000 uni degrees are the camouflage to cover this deep undermining of the intellectual quality of this nation, and it's got to end," he said. "This is a major Australian tragedy and we are the only nation to whom this applies."
He said the Howard Government wanted people to pay ridiculous amounts for university degrees because the Government had reduced investment in higher education.
posted by The Malaysian. at 8/16/2006 01:38:00 PM
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