Tonight on Four Corners, a new investigation turns the spotlight on the pressures reshaping Australia’s university sector.
Reporter Steve Cannane examines the factors behind the shift, including funding challenges, rising debt and the impact on staff and students across campuses nationwide.
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Australian universities are in turmoil. Deep cuts to jobs and courses are triggering fury on campuses across the country.
This week on Four Corners, reporter Steve Cannane investigates how years of shrinking public funding, rising debt and increasingly corporate decision making have pushed some of the nation’s most important public institutions to breaking point.
Campus Chaos reveals the scale of spending on outside consultants and asks what that means for transparency, accountability and the future of higher education.
It investigates claims that financial pressures are being used to justify sweeping restructures, while staff and students are left to bear the consequences.
This story asks whether universities have drifted from their core public purpose, and who they are really serving?
Campus Chaos is reported by Steve Cannane and produced by Jonathan Miller.
This episode of Four Corners, Campus Chaos, airs tonight, Monday March 30, at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
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