Infometrics on free tertiary fees

Infometrics assesses the Government’s free tertiary fees policy. Their summary:

• Accessibility: B- (most benefits high spending households)
• Student numbers: C+ (no significant increase in enrolments)
• Skills gaps: F (is discouraging people from trades training)
• Improving quality: F (tertiary funding per student is frozen)
• Wasting taxpayer money: A+ ($2.5b down the drain)

A very astute analysis.