international higher education news, july 2010 summary - australia, nz focus

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International higher education news summary July 2010

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ACUMA Incorporated: International higher education news summary for July 2010

International student scholarships at Maquarie University, Australia Uni push to slash undergraduates, allow more foreign students Asia-born population matching local born RMIT's air of corruption Recruiting Chinese Students Students tip level of migration to new high Chinese, Australia universities joint degree Overseas students inflate migration bubble Dunedin school woos Chinese students International student numbers rise Middle Tennessee universities court foreign students JSS University, India, signs MoU with La Trobe University Newman's migration warning: Don't turn off the tap Sector faces perfect storm Immigration policy hits Brisbane's overseas students Visa tightening cuts uni revenue Immigration cuts could cripple industry: universities Malaysia Government Gives RM50,000 To Malaysian Students In Australia Keeping track of rubbish Student visa cuts to cost jobs, say universities Coalition line on foreign students 'makes no sense' A cultural exchange Hong Kong Business School Allies With Three Rivals to Woo West Outsourced Ed: Colleges Hire Companies to Build Their Online Courses Plan to lift cap on local students US set to profit from our visa woes Reduce numbers for better security 'Racist' proposal slammed Race attack: Indian students' cars torched in Australia Student body slams new rules on immigration US set to profit from our visa woes Australia faces tough contest with US for Asian students Giving Australia a Pass US: Degree shortfall will hit economy hard Abu Dhabi: US$1 billion higher education plan More colleges using green as selling tool Fewer Low-Income Students Going to College University jobs 'on the line', says union 30 global institutions waiver fee for Indian students Victoria University inks partnership deal with Gujarat-based university Huawei and RMIT to deliver Next-Generation Training Michigan State University shuts most of its Dubai campus Australian university considers future for international students Learning to be like the best Canadian universities see India as land of opportunity Two Australia Private Equity deals signal buyout comeback Indian victim unhappy with verdict on Australian attackers India protests new UK immigration rules UAE: Plans to overhaul education in Abu Dhabi Australian education providers hard hit by skills list change AACA National Campus Band Competition / National Campus Film Festival / National Campus Art

Prize / National Campus DJ Competition launched


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International student scholarships at Maquarie University, Australia

ResearchScholarships.orgJuly 31 2010

Introduction:

Macquarie University has a diverse community of approximately 33,000 students with 10,400international students from over 114 countries. Located on 126 hectares of beautiful parkland, thecampus is 30 minutes drive north-west of Sydney Harbour. Macquaries 119,000 graduates are highlysought after; with graduate starting salaries ranked among the highest in Australia for over.

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Uni push to slash undergraduates, allow more foreign students

The Sydney Morning HeraldJuly 30 2010

The University of Sydney is considering cutting more than 6000 undergraduate places and insteadrecruiting more postgraduate and international students, in a radical overhaul of its operations.

The shake-up aims to improve the university's finances and lift its international research reputation, withthe impact likely to be felt across the Australian higher education sector, particularly in Sydney.

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Asia-born population matching local born

The AgeJuly 30 2010

Australia's Asia-born population was growing almost as fast as the Australian-born population in theyear before the federal government cracked down on immigration rorts, new figures show.

The Bureau of Statistics' annual migration estimates show Australia's migrant population rose by morethan a million in the five years to 2009, topping the 808,000 growth of the Australian-born.

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RMIT's air of corruptionThe Herald SunJuly 29 2010

RMIT has been accused by the state watchdog of endangering the lives of aircraft passengers byhaving shoddy practices that allow incompetent aerospace students to graduate.

A lengthy probe into the university by Ombudsman George Brouwer found RMIT lecturer Nihal Hanaassisted some of his foreign aerospace students to cheat.

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Recruiting Chinese Students

Academic ImpressionsMay 06 2010

Daniel Fusch, Academic Impressions

This week, Colorado State University's vice provost for international affairs spoke to the media about hisintent to see the number of Chinese students enrolled in the Fort Collins, Colorado campus double duringthe next two years. This mirrors similar commitments, aspirational statements, and recruiting plans atother institutions across the US, in the wake of growing demand in China for overseas education.However, few colleges and universities in the US have.

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Students tip level of migration to new highThe Canberra TimesJuly 30 2010

A rapid increase in temporary visas, mainly for international students, has boosted Australia's netmigration levels to a record high, a new report shows.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics migration report, published yesterday, also showed the country wasbecoming increasingly multicultural. Of the estimated 22 million people living in Australia on June 30,2009, more than.

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Chinese, Australia universities joint degree

AsiaOne EducationJuly 30 2010

Five universities in China and Australia signed an agreement on July 29 to set up the Shangri-LaInternational Education Alliance in Shangri-La county, South China's Yunnan province.

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Overseas students inflate migration bubble

The AustralianJuly 30 2010

A SERIOUS political headache looms for the next federal government over what to do with up to200,000 international students.

They have finished their courses but are allowed to stay in Australia a further 18 months.

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Dunedin school woos Chinese students

TVNZJuly 28 2010
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A deal with an Otago school which will see pupils from China going to high school in Dunedin also clearsthe way for them to go to university.

For 100 students from northern China, Bayfield High School will soon be home and Hengshui Highdelegates said they have.

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International student numbers rise

The New Zealand HeraldJuly 28 2010

The number of fee-paying international students in New Zealand increased by 7 per cent in the first

four months of the year compared to the same period last year, Tertiary Education Minister StevenJoyce said.

International education contributed $2 billion a year to the economy and future development of thesector would help.

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Middle Tennessee universities court foreign students

The TennesseanJuly 26 2010

Each year, China gathers more than 300 of its smartest high school seniors in Hangzhou, and DouglasChristiansen is there to tell them why they should consider attending Vanderbilt University.

Last week, 100 of them chose to hear a pitch from Christiansen, Vanderbilt's dean of admissions, overrecruiters from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity in Singapore. In flawless, formal English, the students peppered Christiansen with questions formore than an hour.

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JSS University, India, signs MoU with La Trobe University

The Times of IndiaJuly 27 2010

JSS University signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with La Trobe University, Australia at JSSPharmacy College here on Tuesday. Through this, the two universities have agreed to promote exchangeand cooperation in all appropriate and agreed academic areas of research and teaching, sharing anddissemination of information and documentation in areas of mutual interests. The two universities alsofacilitate exchange of and co-operation between.

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Newman's migration warning: Don't turn off the tap

The Brisbane TimesJuly 28 2010

Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has warned of the dangers of "turning off the tap" onmigration as the nation's political leaders grapple with tougher population policies that could curbforeign student numbers.

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Sector faces perfect storm


UNIVERSITIES Australia yesterday warned that the sector faces a "perfect storm" of factors threateningvital international student revenue next year.

UA warned the industry was threatened by the strong Australian dollar and rising competition, as wellas the Gillard government's tougher visa conditions and tighter migration settings aimed at crackingdown on rorts.

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Immigration policy hits Brisbane's overseas students

The Brisbane Times

July 27 2010

International students at Brisbane universities such as the University of Queensland at St Lucia are worthbillions to the city's economy.

Brisbane's $2 billion international student sector could be shaken by the two major parties as they argueover the impacts of reducing Australia's immigration.

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Visa tightening cuts uni revenue

The Australian

July 27 2010

THE anti-immigration rhetoric of both parties risks putting international students off.

The political posturing is damaging Australia's reputation as a welcoming destination for study,university vice-chancellors have warned.

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Immigration cuts could cripple industry: universities

ABC NewsJuly 26 2010

The peak body for the nation's universities says the Federal Opposition's plans to cut immigrationnumbers could cripple the multi-billion dollar international education industry.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced at the weekend that if he were elected, he would cut netimmigration numbers from around 300,000 a year to 170,000.

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Malaysia Government Gives RM50,000 To Malaysian Students In Australia

Bernama, Malaysian National News Agency

July 21 2010

The Malaysian Government has allocated RM50,000 for the Malaysian Students Department inAustralia to promote the "Rakan Muda" programme.

Launching the programme here, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek urged thestudents to show leadership in fostering the 1Malaysia spirit and to include.

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Keeping track of rubbish

The Star, MalaysiaJuly 25 2010

Armed with barbeque tongs and weighing scales, a group of Monash University Malaysia studentsrecently went around their campus grounds to inspect, of all things, rubbish.

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Student visa cuts to cost jobs, say universities


UNIVERSITIES have called on Tony Abbott to scrap his plan to cut international student visa numbers.

They have warned that such a move could cripple the nation's fourth largest export market and lead tomassive job losses.

And business has condemned the Opposition Leader's planned cuts to immigration levels, saying he is"pitching to short-term self-interest".

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Coalition line on foreign students 'makes no sense'

The AgeJuly 26 2010

Lily Yuen: "We're not just cash cows - we actually provide other benefits and skills." Photo: PennyStephens

LILY Yuen had a lot of good reasons to leave her home in Mauritius and take up her tertiary studies inMelbourne last year.

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A cultural exchange

Michigan State News

July 21 2010

International students Jessica Dihardja, left, and Daniel Weeks, far right, talk with Luke Reese, anassociate professor in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, after leaving the2010 Michigan Agriculture Expo, where they went to learn about the importance of the agriculturalbusiness in Michigan. Two weeks ago a group of 13 students from Macquarie University, in Sydney,Australia, came to the U.S. to study business

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Hong Kong Business School Allies With Three Rivals to Woo West

BloombergJuly 20 2010

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Asias top-ranked graduate school of business, andthree rivals are uniting to raise their visibility in the U.S., Canada and Europe, aiming to attract moreWestern candidates to Asia to earn MBA degrees.

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Outsourced Ed: Colleges Hire Companies to Build Their Online Courses

The Chronicle of Higher EducationJuly 18 2010

Rick Friedman for The ChronicleMichael Tricoli, a manager at a medical-device company who has ayoung daughter, wanted an M.B.A. He got one online from Northeastern U., which outsourced much ofhis college experience to a private company.Enlarge

Michael Tricoli was a middle manager looking for a leg up in his career, so he got an online M.B.A.from

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Plan to lift cap on local students


UNIVERSITIES Australia may lobby the government to raise the cap on government-funded over-enrolments next year.

They believe this will help the sector weather a downturn in international students.

While government funding rates for domestic students are well below the fees universities chargeinternational students, advocates say it would cushion parts of the sector from falling internationalrevenues by providing extra.

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US set to profit from our visa woesThe AustralianJuly 14 2010

AUSTRALIA'S international education sector has often feared what would happen if the American giantwoke up and wanted more international students.

And now it does.

For the first time in more than a decade, senior US college administrators are talking seriously abouttheir need to recruit international students. In some US states, colleges have historically beendiscouraged from enrolling large numbers of international students, but that is.

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Reduce numbers for better security


TOUGH measures such as restrictions on the number and type of overseas students coming to Australia,even curfews, have been canvassed in a report aimed at curbing violent attacks on overseas students.

The report, by former Australian Institute of Criminology director Adam Graycar, falls short ofrecommending the measures, but still says students should be chosen on an educational, not permanentresidency, basis.

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'Racist' proposal slammed


POSTGRADUATES and overseas students have slated a key discussion paper that canvasses reducingoverseas student numbers from specific countries to counter race attacks.

"It's totally irresponsible to canvas regressive and racist policies even if it's only to highlight them aspossibilities," Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations president.

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Race attack: Indian students' cars torched in Australia

The Times of IndiaJuly 14 2010

SYDNEY: A group of international students, mostly Indians, in the Australian city of Adelaide are living inconstant fear after a gang fire-bombed three of their cars Tuesday, the latest incident in a series ofcontinuing attacks that have damaged 12 cars in three months.

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Student body slams new rules on immigration


THE head of a new international student body says the government's immigration changes hit studentresidency hopes.

The new Council of International Students Australia is also calling for the reform of work restrictions onstudents and increased student accommodation. It also wants NSW and Victoria to finally extend travelconcessions

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US set to profit from our visa woes

The Australian

July 14 2010

AUSTRALIA'S international education sector has often feared what would happen if the American giantwoke up and wanted more international students.

And now it does.

For the first time in more than a decade, senior US college administrators are talking seriously abouttheir need to recruit international students. In some US states, colleges have historically beendiscouraged from enrolling large numbers of international students, but.

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Australia faces tough contest with US for Asian students

The Sydney Morning HeraldJuly 14 2010

The worst global recession in 75 years is delivering a cruel blow to Australian universities. For yearsAmerica's leading public universities have quietly watched Australia's success in educating thousands offull-fee paying Asian students, especially from China. Now forced to find new sources of income, thesegreat institutions are rapidly moving to adopt the Australian university business model.

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Giving Australia a Pass

Business.in.com, IndiaJuly 13 2010

South Asian students security fears have already cost the country more than half a billion dollars. Timefor the Kangaroos to wake up

I nformation on declining international student enrolment in Australia makes front page news in Sydney.And it should. International student spend in Australia, totalling $13.1 billion in 2008-09, is the nationsthird largest export after iron ore and coal according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In December2009, Australia had 630,000 international students enrolled in higher education, vocational training,English language training, foundation courses and secondary schools. Earnings from internationalstudents have grown.

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US: Degree shortfall will hit economy hard

University World NewsJuly 11 2010

America will need 22 million new degree-holders over the next eight years but will fall short of thatnumber by at least three million, according to a new report. The nation will also have vacancies for atleast 4.7 million new workers with post-secondary certificates and the shortfall will mean lost economicopportunity for millions of American workers, the report says.

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Abu Dhabi: US$1 billion higher education plan

University World NewsJuly 11 2010

The government of Abu Dhabi has launched its first higher education strategy reform. This aims to buildresearch capabilities to help sustain a shift away from Abu Dhabi's oil-based economy and establish aninnovation-based and knowledge-producing society.

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More colleges using green as selling toolUSA Today (Trevor Hughes)July 09 2010

From tours of energy-efficient buildings to discussions about recycling rates and solar panels, universitiesand colleges across the country are increasingly putting on the green to attract students who are seriousabout environmental issues.

The trend is growing at schools large and small, public and private, says Mark Orlowski, founder andexecutive director of the Massachusetts-based Sustainable Endowments Institute. The non-profit researchorganization focuses on issues

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Fewer Low-Income Students Going to College

The Wall Street JournalJuly 07 2010

Fewer low- and moderate-income high school graduates are attending college in America, and fewerare graduating.

Rising college costs may be keeping out low- and moderate-income students.

Enrollment in four-year colleges was 40% in 2004 for low-income students, down from 54% in 1992,and 53% in 2004 for moderate-income students, down from 59% over the same period, according toa report recently submitted to Congress by.

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University jobs 'on the line', says union

BBC, United KingdomJuly 07 2010

Thousands of people working for universities in England could lose their jobs if ministers press aheadwith 25% funding cuts, a union warns.

Analysis by the University and College Union concluded that 22,584 jobs - academic and otherwise -would be lost.

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30 global institutions waiver fee for Indian students

The HinduJuly 08 2010

As many as 30 international education institutions have collaborated to launch a programme, DreamStart 2011, which offers more than 35 students across India an opportunity to study abroad withoutpaying any course fee.

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Victoria University inks partnership deal with Gujarat-based universityIndianExpress.comJuly 08 2010

Hit by falling number of Indian student enrollments, Australia's Melbourne-based Victoria University hasinked a partnership deal with the privately-run Ganpat University in Gujarat which would now offercourses like IT and computing under the scheme.

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Huawei and RMIT to deliver Next-Generation Training

PRWire.com.auJuly 07 2010

Huawei to train up to 2,000 Australians in Next-Generation technology

Huawei Australia and RMIT University have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) todeliver Next-Generation technology training to Australias Information and Communications Technology(ICT) sector.

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Michigan State University shuts most of its Dubai campus

The National, United Arab Emirates

July 06 2010

DUBAI // Michigan State Universitys (MSU) branch campus in Dubai International Academic City (DIAC)says it is terminating all of its undergraduate programmes immediately, after losing millions of dollarssince opening two years ago.

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Learning to be like the best

Glyn Davis in The AustralianJuly 07 2010

EVERY year, more than three million people say farewell to home and head abroad for tertiary study.

In their wake follow relatives and friends, creating unexpected connections: Norwegian voices in GoldCoast libraries, Malaysian reading groups in Adelaide, Indian PhDs who graduate at Berkeley and stayin the US to drive technical innovation.

Students have always travelled. Since the first European universities, literature abounds with tales ofscholars enjoying life away from the social bonds of home. The clerk in Chaucer's The Canterbury Talesis a student at Oxford. Claudius urges Hamlet not to return to school in Wittenberg after.

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Canadian universities see India as land of opportunity

The Globe and Mail, CanadaJuly 02 2010

In a rocky field dotted with mango trees, five minutes from southern Indias gleaming new Hyderabadairport, Dezso Horvath sees a solution for Canadian universities struggling with limited public dollars.The York University business dean has struck a deal with a developer to build an outpost for the SchulichSchool of Business, making it one of the first foreign campuses in the worlds fastest growing market forhigher education.

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Two Australia Private Equity deals signal buyout comeback

ReutersJuly 01 2010

- First significant buyout deals for Australia since 2007- CHAMP sells Study Group to Providence, buys ATF Services

Private equity firms completed on Thursday two of the only significant buyout deals in Australia since theglobal financial crisis, led by the $570 million sale of university programme provider Study Group.

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Indian victim unhappy with verdict on Australian attackers

The Hindu

July 01 2010

An Indian student, who lost vision in one eye after being brutally bashed up by a teenage gang, isdisappointed to see his assailants walk free following a court verdict, but has not lost hope in theAustralian judicial system.

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India protests new UK immigration rules

The Times of IndiaJune 30 2010

NEW DELHI: India has made its first protests against the UK's new cap on skilled immigration. Commerceminister Anand Sharma, who met British PM David Cameron, echoed the concerns of Indian industrywhich is worried that the new rules against non-EU immigration might impact Indian companies who areheavily invested in the UK, particularly in the service sector.

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UAE: Plans to overhaul education in Abu Dhabi

Global Arab NetworkJune 30 2010

Higher education in Abu Dhabi, which is seen as integral to the success of the emirate's future economy,was given a boost recently when the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) unveiled plans to overhaul thesector.

In essence the education council hopes to enhance the current environment for local universities andreduce the number of students dropping out. By the same token, it wants to improve

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Australian education providers hard hit by skills list change

ABC Radio AustraliaJuly 01 2010

Changes to Australia's skilled migration program come into force today, with 220 jobs being droppedfrom the list.

The Australian government says it's not a case of cutting the number of migrants, but of making sure theymeet the country's labour needs. Significantly, hairdressers and cooks are no longer among the jobs thatcan lead to permanent residency. There are mixed feelings about

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Australasian Association of Campus Activities (AACA): 2010 national student competitions

National Campus Band Competition launched : http://www.aaca.net.au/ncbcNational Campus Film Festival launched : http://www.aaca.net.au/ncffNational Campus Art Prize launched : http://www.aaca.net.au/ncapNational Campus DJ Competition launched : http://www.aaca.net.au/ncdjc

ACUMA Incorporated: Items in the press - monthly round-ups

- Higher education news- International issues in education, and items affecting international students- Technology developments of relevance to campus services

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