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Merger ‘Secrecy’ Highlights Aussie Uni Transparency Issues

Merger ‘Secrecy’ Highlights Aussie Uni Transparency Issues
A general view of University of Adelaide in Adelaide, May 3, 2017. AAP Image/David Mariuz
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10/13/2023|Updated: 10/13/2023
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Australia’s universities are some of the most influential public institutions in the country but a chronic lack of transparency means students and taxpayers often have no idea where their money is going or for what purpose, a report says.

A focus on profits over educational and research outcomes has fostered a lack of accountability at major universities, exemplified in the lack of detail provided by the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia into a proposed merger of the two institutions, the Australia Institute argues.

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