Study Says Australian University Chiefs Earn Big, But Questions the Effectiveness

The study compared Australian and Nordic universities.

Students walk around Sydney University in Sydney, Australia, on April 6, 2016. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

University vice-chancellors in Australia are paid large salaries, but results are better than those of overseas counterparts.

That’s the conclusion of a study by the Australia Institute, which compared local universities against those in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).