Young Australians today need access to highest order
professional education in their chosen fields, a
professional education that is nothing less than world
class.
In the globalised 21st century, higher education can no
longer be viewed as a luxury to be pursued only if you're
rich and clever. These days an advanced country urgently
needs myriads of people with sophisticated educational
backgrounds to manage information economies, invent new
economic activities, and navigate the country
administratively, diplomatically, commercially and
strategically.
Australia's hard pressed and increasingly under resourced
universities currently cannot guarantee the outcomes now
being demanded, and will be less able to do so if current
funding policies persist. There are no quick fixes to the
decay in higher education other than more funding, with
governments and the community currently arguing this issue
out.
In such a demanding, competitive and volatile
environment, capital fundraising remains still, the most
effective and cost efficient method of fund raising for
universities. Many internationally renowned philanthropists
also endorse this alternative as the best path to consider
when raising large amounts for research, new facilities or
endowment.
A number of universities have clearly experienced the
benefits of securing their financial future by conducting a
FMC Australia driven Capital Fundraising Campaign. Some of these
include:
