Few high achievers become teachers in Australia. A 2019 study conducted by Grattan Institute paints a bleak picture. (Note: ATAR, which stands for Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, is the undergraduate degree entry score for secondary school students; an ATAR of 80 means your score is better than 80% of the students in your state) In … Continue reading Attracting High Achievers to Australia’s Teaching Workforce
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In Defence of Free Speech on University Campus
Introduction By censoring controversial ideas on campus, universities have made themselves the subject of controversy. Historically, universities have been thought to represent the very idea of freedom of speech since it is a prerequisite for academic rigor. Nowadays, this academic integrity is being challenged by both university administors and students. Many universities have practices and … Continue reading In Defence of Free Speech on University Campus
An Incentive Approach to the Higher Education Problem
Introduction Many economists (mostly microeconomists) claim that the study of incentives is at the core of the field of economics. They maintain that by studying incentives, we can explain why certain people do (or don’t do) certain things and we can design or manipulate incentives to achieve the desired behaviour of people. This is essentially … Continue reading An Incentive Approach to the Higher Education Problem
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