澳大利亚联邦选举在即，高等教育欲上议事日程。墨尔本大学教育、科学和澳大利亚未来公共论坛将商讨一些严肃的政治问题——高等和职业教育的公共基金；学生的学费和财政支持，这些话题都将在“推进高等教育”论坛进行讨论。
澳大利亚公众普遍认为教育的高等程度是澳大利亚未来全球经济地位的关键所在。
然而，澳大利亚针对学生的公共补助从1995年到2003年降低了30%。学费、助学贷款和贷款系统繁冗复杂，学生财政支持也有所下降，调查中40%的学生表示学习过程中打零工对课业有负面影响，职业教育资金不足并且每况愈下。
澳大利亚两名重要政策专家将着手解决这些问题：
Michael Gallagher 曾两度担任高等教育部（现在的联邦教育、科学和培训部）部长， 现在堪培拉任8大研究院校执行主管。
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论坛将由澳大利亚著名教育学家，前校长Kwong Lee Dow主持。
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A Federal election is looming and higher education wants to be on the agenda. The
It is widely acknowledged that advanced levels of education are the key to
Yet Australian public funding per student has declined by 30 per cent between 1995 and 2003; tuition charges, HECS and loan systems are cumbersome; student financial support has dropped and 40 per cent of students surveyed say that work during semester has a detrimental effect on their learning; and vocational education is under-funded and run-down.
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Michael Gallagher has twice headed the higher education division of what is now the federal department of Education, Science and Training and is now the Executive Director in
Simon Marginson is a Professor of Higher Education at the
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The session will be chaired by leading Australian educator and former Vice-Chancellor Professor Kwong Lee Dow.
