Governments around the world are working to expand access to university education and manage the rising costs of delivering it. At the same time, higher education public funding has been reduced or capped in many countries. This research offers insights into how universities behave in systems where tuition is regulated and domestic students can defer...

International students play a significant role in the Australian economy. They contribute to demand through their spending on goods and services and are an important source of labour for some Australian businesses. This article shows that international students tend to add more to demand in the economy than they do to supply in the short...

The Albanese Government has promised to cut 20% of outstanding student debt. This paper assesses the potential short- and long-term impact of the policy by simulating what might have happened had such a cut been implemented in 2012 instead of 2025.

This document details the next steps in the Government’s reforms of the tertiary education system as part of the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2024–25. It covers the establishment of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission and significant reforms to how universities are funded, including through a new managed growth funding system and needs-based funding.

In 2022, the Australian Government launched an ambitious process to develop the Australian Universities Accord to drive transformative reform of Australia’s higher education system. This report outlines the system architecture for a proposed new funding model predominantly for Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) that enables more students to attend university to meet Australia’s future skills needs.