{
  "id": 16536295,
  "title": "Greedy corporatised universities cry poor at international student cuts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/greedy-corporatised-universities-cry-poor-at-international-student",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-26T00:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/greedy-corporatised-universities-cry-poor-at-international-student-cuts/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia’s university system has become a marketing scam that lures full-fee-paying international students while minimising wages for rank-and-file teaching staff. Universities have become less focused on academia and teaching, instead treating education like a profit-maximising private corporation that enriches vice-chancellors and senior management. The federal government has aided and abetted…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}