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Overseas debtors should have to repay their student loans, but it won’t recoup as much as repayments from deceased estates.
More than a third (40%) of government loans to vocational education and training students will never be repaid, according to a new analysis by the Grattan Institute.
A Grattan Institute report I co-authored highlights student debt costs, with the finding that the government could save $800 million a year by retrieving unpaid debts from deceased estates and students…
The government could save A$800 million a year by recovering unpaid student loan debts from deceased estates and students who have moved overseas, a new report from the Grattan Institute has found. “Doubtful…
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Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Fellow, Higher Education Program, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto