Defunding arts degrees is the latest battle in a 40-year culture war
- Written by Joel Barnes, Research Associate, Australian Centre for Public History, University of Technology Sydney
The government’s recently proposed restructure of university fees would see students pay 113% more for many humanities subjects.
The package is not a case of “humanities vs STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths)”, as some initially saw it. Some arts degrees, like English and languages, would see higher Commonwealth...





