WODONGA Council says lobbying for a second university in the city has been a key strategic mission for the council since 2013.
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The city’s ratepayers association says it has concerns with that plan as detailed in the council’s draft budget.
Association president Ian Deegan says it is his group’s understanding the existing La Trobe University campus has insufficient student numbers to remain viable in the city.
He says it would be better for the city to focus on aiming to improve demand for La Trobe at Wodonga, rather than trying to get a second university.
The council says La Trobe University and Charles Sturt University had the city’s full support in providing education in the region.
La Trobe has welcomed the council’s commitment and says there is a strong capacity for enrolment growth at the Albury-Wodonga campus.
Certainly the landscape within the tertiary sector has changed markedly in the time since both universities were established in Albury and Wodonga.
It would seem somewhat foolish, despite council policy, for the city to pursue another provider without focusing on how to grow the existing universities in the region.
