Should an arts degree cost more than medicine?

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Latest COMMENTARY Why should an arts degree cost more than medicine? An arts degree will cost students just under $17,000 a year, which makes medicine and dentistry a bargain at $13,000. There are ways to address this, just not politically easy ones... By STEPHEN MATCHETT EDUCATION Funding fight: union boycotts classroom reforms The teachers’ union has turned against federal Labor over its attempts to fix Australia’s education system, slapping work bans on teaching reforms designed to help children learn. By NATASHA BITA FULL LIST Marked down, try harder: Australian universities slip in global rankings Which are Australia’s best universities? The Times Higher Education world university rankings reveal the top performers. By NATASHA BITA EDUCATION TEQSA tests Australia’s academic cheating laws with US company Australia’s university regulator has initiated a legal challenge against a US ‘education support’ company for allegedly prohibiting cheating laws. By JOANNA PANAGOPOULOS EXCLUSIVE Top scientist warns of ‘brain drain danger’ The Prime Minister’s Science Prize winner has a message for high school students: ‘If you haven’t tried anything hard, you won’t achieve your full potential.’ By NATASHA BITA We think you might also like Kids will pay for union’s selfish sabotage The Australian Education Union’s boycott of schooling reforms to help students learn is right up there with CFMEU thuggery. By NATASHA BITA Uni’s Treasury move cements a major shift in further education Griffith University’s move to secure the heritage-listed Treasury building for its Brisbane CBD campus is part of a growing wave of higher education institutions re-evaluating thei... By CHRIS HERDE   NEWSLETTERS TODAY'S PAPER MIND GAMES THE AUSTRALIAN PLUS   Want to change how you receive these emails? Manage your newsletter preferences or unsubscribe from this newsletter. Sent by The Australian, GPO Box 4245, Sydney, NSW, 2001 Australia.