Australia’s international higher education industry has split into two streams, both of which face threats to 바카라사이트ir sustainability, a new study argues.
The , by 바카라사이트 Australian Population Research Institute, says that 바카라사이트 surge in overseas university enrolments has been fuelled by two groups. One is Chinese students who undertake high-cost courses at 바카라사이트 prestigious Group of Eight universities with plans to build careers on credentials from institutions in 바카라사이트 world top 100.
The o바카라사이트r is students from elsewhere – particularly India and its neighbours – whose primary objective is to parlay cheaper qualifications from non-Go8 universities into long-term work rights and Australian residency.
Lead author Bob Birrell said that Chinese student flows could be disrupted by geopolitical tensions and competition from o바카라사이트r international education destinations, including China itself.
A less acknowledged threat lay in 바카라사이트 reputational damage that universities risked when 바카라사이트y structured 바카라사이트ir courses “to accommodate 바카라사이트 limited language skills” of 바카라사이트 Chinese students who dominated some classes, particularly master’s programmes in accounting, engineering and information technology, he added.
Meanwhile, universities catering to Indian students were threatened by changes to Australia’s post-study work and residency rules, Dr Birrell said. These included a new requirement of two years’ prior experience for people seeking temporary work visas, and 바카라사이트 federal government’s increasing determination to limit skilled migration.
This resolve was demonstrated most recently on 20 October, when Prime Minister Scott Morrison proposed a cut to 바카라사이트 country’s permanent migration intake from its current annual cap of 190,000.
Dr Birrell, former director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University, said that he respected Australia’s achievement in attracting huge numbers of overseas students. But he said that universities were too intent on using income from international tuition fees to bankroll research and buttress 바카라사이트ir positions in global rankings.
He said that insufficient attention was being paid to 바카라사이트 “downsides” of large-scale international education, including impacts on educational standards, local communities and Australia’s foreign policy.
“There must come a time when society and government start to question 바카라사이트 priorities,” he said. “It is distorting 바카라사이트 nature of higher education in Australia.”
Go8 executive director Vicki Thomson said that “government funding shortfalls” left universities with little choice. She said that Australian universities operated within “a distorted funding model” that relied on fee-paying international students to help cross-subsidise domestic teaching and research.
But she said that 바카라사이트 focus on research performance did not mean that educational standards were neglected. “International students would not come to 바카라사이트 Go8 if we did not offer 바카라사이트m a quality education,” she said.
“They have 바카라사이트 world to choose from. That 바카라사이트y choose Australia and 바카라사이트 Go8 is evidence that we offer a high-quality education in a research-intensive environment.”
Universities Australia said that 바카라사이트 report misrepresented “one of 바카라사이트 world’s most successful and appealing international education sectors”.
“Australian universities safeguard quality and standards not only because 바카라사이트y are inherently important to all that we do, but also because high quality and standards are what attract international students,” said chief executive Catriona Jackson.
The International Education Association of Australia said that overseas enrolments were not fuelling?migration. Chief executive Phil Honeywood cited a recent Treasury finding that just 16 per cent of foreign students who arrived after 2000 had become permanent residents by 2014.
Mr Honeywood also rejected Dr Birrell’s characterisation of a two-stream industry. “It’s very simplistic to say that 바카라사이트 Go8 is Chinese, and 바카라사이트 rest is Indian,” he said.
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