Max Yong
@maxyong.bsky.social
Economist in education & policy
Harvard MPP 27’ | John Monash Scholar
Aussie living in Boston 🇦🇺🇺🇸
https://sites.google.com/view/maxyong
Harvard MPP 27’ | John Monash Scholar
Aussie living in Boston 🇦🇺🇺🇸
https://sites.google.com/view/maxyong
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Max Yong
@maxyong.bsky.social
· Nov 22
My oped in Times Higher Education today: The Australian student loan HECS debt write-off is regressive and unfair to taxpayers
#academicsky #highered #hecs #auspolicy #university #studentloans #aushighered
#academicsky #highered #hecs #auspolicy #university #studentloans #aushighered
Reposted by Max Yong
Only a minority of voters, including Labor voters & 18-34 y.o. voters, support free higher ed. But majority support for lower costs to students. theage.com.au/politics/fed...
December 2, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Only a minority of voters, including Labor voters & 18-34 y.o. voters, support free higher ed. But majority support for lower costs to students. theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Supposedly 54% of Aussies support Labor's proposed 20% cut to student debt. I wonder how many of this 54% would change their mind if they appreciated that:
1. This benefit mainly goes to rich uni grads
2. This benefit will be directly funded by them through taxes
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
1. This benefit mainly goes to rich uni grads
2. This benefit will be directly funded by them through taxes
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Voters back Labor’s proposed HECS changes. They are even keener for an overhaul of uni fees
But the key adviser who helped devise the HECS regime, Bruce Chapman, has warned against the “fantasy” of free education.
www.theage.com.au
December 2, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Supposedly 54% of Aussies support Labor's proposed 20% cut to student debt. I wonder how many of this 54% would change their mind if they appreciated that:
1. This benefit mainly goes to rich uni grads
2. This benefit will be directly funded by them through taxes
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
1. This benefit mainly goes to rich uni grads
2. This benefit will be directly funded by them through taxes
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
My oped in Times Higher Education today: The Australian student loan HECS debt write-off is regressive and unfair to taxpayers
#academicsky #highered #hecs #auspolicy #university #studentloans #aushighered
#academicsky #highered #hecs #auspolicy #university #studentloans #aushighered
November 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM
My oped in Times Higher Education today: The Australian student loan HECS debt write-off is regressive and unfair to taxpayers
#academicsky #highered #hecs #auspolicy #university #studentloans #aushighered
#academicsky #highered #hecs #auspolicy #university #studentloans #aushighered
Thank you @jankabatek.com for being an awesome referee!
Extremely happy to learn that my Honours student Max Yong has secured the John Monash Scholarship to pursue his postgraduate degree at Harvard Kennedy School
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November 22, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Thank you @jankabatek.com for being an awesome referee!
Reposted by Max Yong
maxyong.bsky.social on why he does not support a policy to reduce his HELP debt by 20%.
Australia’s proposed 20 per cent student debt wipe is unfair
Better to revise the previous government’s tuition fee hikes than redirect taxpayers’ money into wealthy graduates’ pockets, says Maxwell Yong
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:37 PM
maxyong.bsky.social on why he does not support a policy to reduce his HELP debt by 20%.