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Why was Trump the first to address the ideological battle in universities?

5 April 2025

2:46 PM

5 April 2025

2:46 PM

The Trump Administration’s survey requesting information about US-funded research at Australian universities was full of questions our own politicians should have asked long ago.

For years Australia’s academic standards have been falling. The Productivity Commission’s five-year inquiry found highly variable and poor-quality teaching is failing students, who enter the workplace unequipped to meet real-world demands.

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