Australia's top universities are preparing for their biggest reform in decades due to plunging revenue triggered by the loss of income brought in by international students.
Mergers and specialist universities could be on the table, as a taskforce of 200 top academics draft a blueprint of proposals for the government.
Smaller universities argue changes could hurt regional towns and institutions.
New South Wales has promised 750-million-dollar recovery loans, if universities make operations more sustainable.
Many fear for their research budgets if the current system remains without the return of international students.
Mergers and specialist universities could be on the table, as a taskforce of 200 top academics draft a blueprint of proposals for the government.
Smaller universities argue changes could hurt regional towns and institutions.
New South Wales has promised 750-million-dollar recovery loans, if universities make operations more sustainable.
Many fear for their research budgets if the current system remains without the return of international students.
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