Show us the money!

Some universities are feeling a little deflated in the wake of last year's Federal election, won by Labor's Kevin Rudd on a wave of "knowledge nation" promise.

According to Simon Marginson they have missed the point, it was more about attitude than immediate financial redress for past neglect by the Howard government.

Support will flow when the universities adopt forward-looking commitments to better national outcomes, and structural changes that enable nuanced and strategic university missions, rather than the old one-size-fits-all formula funding.

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Update: Students have their say - call for cheaper degrees, more support (SMH, 19 Mar 2008)