Structural, socio-cultural, economic and demographic factors that powerfully drive trends around retention and completion impact on regional universities very strongly, and in ways that differ from metropolitan institutions.

Treasurer Scott Morrison asks students to pay more of their own education costs, while claiming taxpayers subsidise more than half the cost of every student's higher education.

The likelihood of withdrawing from university is generally correlated with ATAR, according to this report.

The first part of this discussion paper provides a snapshot of the extensive work to date on retention, completion and success. The second part of the paper examines how higher education providers and government are supporting students to make the right choices about their higher education and how students are being supported to remain in...

Compared with urban universities, any cut to the Commonwealth Grant Scheme would impact relatively more on regional universities and on what they can provide for regional students and communities.