Australian unis dumbed down for foreign students

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By Leith van Onselen

The Australian Population Research Institute (APRI) has released a new report, entitled Australia’s higher education overseas student industry: in a precarious state, which argues that Australian universities’ heavy reliance on overseas students is crushing education standards, is oversupplying accounting, IT and engineering occupations, adding to population pressures in Sydney and Melbourne, and is shaping Australia’s foreign policy.

Below are key extracts from this report:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.