Universities cook the books to hide financial health and justify restructures.
Is this 'creative' accountancy what we want and expect from public institutions?
Make university governance more open, more accountable, with staff + student voice.
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ANU and other universities using 'custom-made' accounting systems that can obscure financial health
An accounting method means students, staff, citizens or even parliaments are lacking a clear financial picture of Australian universities. In the case of ANU, this approach falsely justified wide-scal...