21 May 2018
Dropping enrolments, major deficits in polytech annual reports
Dropping enrolments and multi-million-dollar deficits at some institutions have been revealed in the polytechnic annual reports. The institutes have begun publishing their 2017 results and they show some suffered more than others in a downturn that wiped 5,000 full-time students from the sector's books last year. The figures come as the government's Budget delivered a shock freeze to tertiary subsidies next year.