I will be presenting at the ANU Forum on Higher Education Financing, Friday 13th August 2015, on the topic ‘Should universities have skin in the game?’ based on my Senate submission ‘An Incentive Compatible Model for Higher Education deregulation’
Details on the conference: Continue reading
On Friday I made a submission to the Senate Inquiry into “The principles of the Higher Education and Research Reform Bill 2014, and related matters”. The submission was accepted and now available for public release (attached).
In summary: “The purpose of this submission is to suggest a model which combines the social equity benefits of Income-contingent Loans with a market design that is ‘incentive compatible’ through an appropriate price discovery mechanism.”
The model seeks to ensure ‘incentive compatibility’ between the social objectives of Income-Contingent Loans and market objectives of returns to investments in education being optimised. Continue reading
Attached is my submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014
PDF: Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 – Sean Leaver
Senate Inquiry page: Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014
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