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Marks, Gary Neil – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
Australia's Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) is an income contingent loan scheme, in which university students pay back part of the costs of their tuition after their post-university income reaches a certain threshold, is an important policy innovation for the financing of higher education. However, its critics claim that HECS increases…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Income, Debt (Financial), Young Adults