Public service loan forgiveness can help fix the shortage of primary care and rural physicians – STAT

T he medical profession seems caught in a Catch-22: The growing cost of medical education is generating crushing levels of debt. This debt, in turn, is contributing to a doctor shortage and discouraging students from filling our growing needs for primary care physicians serving in poor, rural, and other underserved areas. There is hope, however,…

Fee increases still on the table after Senate committee reports on higher education changes – The Conversation AU

On Wednesday, a Senate committee reported on the governments proposed changes to higher education. Though more moderate than the 2014 version, the new higher education package represents groundhog day for the major political parties. The committee, chaired as it was by the Coalition, recommended passing the measures, stating that they will: balance the Commonwealths need…