International education market suffers
backlash [Australia]
[Source: The Age, 23 January
2010]
Months of bad press and the subsequent
tightening of Government regulations has left Australia’s US$15.5bn
international education market reeling. Recent Government figures
show that applications for student visas fell by almost a quarter
between July and November last year, during a period of intensive
press coverage of attacks against foreign students and the closure
of several scandal hit colleges. Applications from Indian students
dropped by 46%, while those from Nepal, previously Australia’s
fastest growing market, fell by 85%.
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