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New VC to push up HECS charges.

Australasian Business Intelligence, September, 2006

Byline: Bernard Lane

Sep 05, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Only one university remains in Australia that has not raised its fees after Federal Government deregulation moves. The University of Tasmania's status as the last bastion in the area of maintaining Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) fees has been crated by new Macquarie University vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz announcing an increase of 25% for 2007. He noted that some 20% of the extra income will go toward scholarships for low-income students. Some 40 new researchers' jobs will also be funded by the move, cementing a push by Macquarie to become more prolific in that part of its operations. Meanwhile Elizabeth More will remain Macquarie's deputy vice-chancellor, but is to be...

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