Campus Chaos

Australian universities are in turmoil.  Deep cuts to jobs and courses are triggering fury on campuses across the country.Monday's Four Corners report "Campus Chaos" reported by Steve Cannane and produced by Jonathan Mille, investigates how years of shrinking public funding, rising debt and increasingly corporate decision making have pushed some of the nation's most important public institutions to breaking point."Campus Chaos" reveals the scale of spending on outside consultants and asks what that means for transparency, accountability and the future of higher education.It investigates claims that financial pressures are being used to justify sweeping restructures, while staff and students are left to bear the consequences.This story asks whether universities have drifted from their core public purpose, and who they are really serving?