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How to recruit the world’s best international students
A curious feeling of dismay is exhibited by many educators when PISA scores are released that show Australia’s seemingly intractable steady decline against the OECD average, and against other countries in our region. A similar feeling of dismay is also exhibited by many educators when they describe a sense of falling academic standards in our tertiary education institutions because of the addition of so many international students.
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Another aspect to consider here would be the quality of international students admitted to Australian universities. The bright students from those countries mentioned in this article are not prepared to pay such high fees and study in Australia. They are looking for institutions that are willing to offer full scholarship. Let us look at the international PhD students who are coming to Australia with scholarships. Similar situation is applicable in America or UK. The selection of international students into Australian higher education is based upon meeting minimum entry standards and their ability to pay such higher fees. Let us select our international students based on merit with a quota system for each course rather than admitting everyone who met the minimum entry requirements. I am sure there is plenty of evidence that students from those countries in South, South East and East Asia have performed extremely well in studying in English.