Private providers call for life-support

Private providers have a wish list to “ensure the survival of private HE”

Independent Higher Education Australia calls for federal government support, including;

* a two-year moratorium on the FEE HELP loan charge NUHEP (but not public universities) students pay

* FEE HELP for single subjects, “for learners to re-skill and up-skill

* a structural adjustment fund for providers to take courses on-line

* stimulus support and low/no interest loans to ensure providers survive and their students succeed.

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