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    Australia's public spending on higher education was among the lowest of the 34 developed countries covered by the OECD report, with only Russia, Brazil, Japan, Italy, Korea and Chile spending less in public funds on their institutions as a proportion of their economic output. (SMH, 19.09.2007) And, to 2013, nothing has changed. It has become worse.

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    Australia's public spending on higher education was among the lowest of the 34 developed countries covered by the OECD report, with only Russia, Brazil, Japan, Italy, Korea and Chile spending less in public funds on their institutions as a proportion of their economic output. (SMH, 19.09.2007) And, to 2013, nothing has changed. It has become worse.

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    UniversityfundingamonglowestinOECD SydneyMorningHerald HarrietAlexander September19,2007 PUBLICspendingonhighereducationremainswellbelowthelevelsinotherdeveloped countries,theOrganisationofEconomicCooperationandDevelopmentsays. WhilespendingfromallsourcesinAustralia'suniversitieswasjustabovetheOECD average,mostcamefromprivatefunds. AustraliarankedwiththeUnitedStates,Korea,ChileandJapanascountrieswithmore thanhalftheirannualinvestmentinuniversitiesfromprivatesources. Australia'spublicspendingonhighereducationwasamongthelowestofthe34developed countriescoveredbytheOECDreport,withonlyRussia,Brazil,Japan,Italy,Koreaand Chilespendinglessinpublicfundsontheirinstitutionsasaproportionoftheireconomic output.

    Initsannualsnapshot,EducationataGlance,releasedyesterdayinParis,theOECDalso singlesoutAustraliaandKoreaasspendingaverysmallamountofpublicmoneyonpre primaryeducationjust0.1percentofthecountry'stotaloutputeighttimeslessthan countriessuchasDenmark,HungaryandIsrael. Australiaalsohasthehighestproportionofinternationalstudents,with17.3percentofthe campuspopulationcomingfromabroad.Incontrast,theUShasjust3.4percentof overseasstudents. Almostallthesestudentsarefullfeepaying.Thefiguresunderscorethedegreetowhich Australianuniversitiesarehostagetotheinternationalstudentdollar. TheOECDreportcoincideswiththereleaseofresearchthatshowsAustralianuniversities willstruggletoattractinternationalstudentsinthenearfuture. Butafter2020thenumberofinternationalstudentswantingtocometoAustralian universitieswillsoarpastthehighereducationsector'sabilityordesiretoaccommodate them,andtheywillalmostdoubleby2025,accordingtoresearchbythecountry'slargest studentrecruitmentcompany,IDPEducation. "Institutionsaregoingtobelookingtoattractstudentsinlargernumbersthanthereare studentstofillplaces,"saidIDP'schiefexecutive,AnthonyPollock. CentralQueenslandUniversityissufferingadeclineininternationalstudents,whichithas attributedtocompetitionfromthevocationaleducationsector,whichisacheaperand

    easierpassagetopermanentresidency. Thereport,GlobalStudentMobility:AnAustralianPerspectiveFiveYearsOn,saysthe compoundinggrowthrateininternationalstudentswouldbe2.9percentuntil2025,butas highas5percentayearuntil2010,basedonwhatindividualuniversitiestoldthe researchersabouttheirgrowthambitions. Onlyhalfthe38publicuniversitiessaidtheyhadtheappetiteandcapacitytodoubletheir numbersandaccommodatethe290,861studentsthatIDPpredictswillwanttostudyin Australiain2025. Therewere164,237internationalstudentsinhighereducationin2006,theFederal Government'slatestfiguressay. Universitiescoulduseinternationalstudentstobumpuptheirnumbersinthefaceof fewerdomesticstudents,MrPollocksaid. TheFederalLaboreducationspokesman,StephenSmith,saidtheOECDreportfound therehadbeenasignificantdeclineinpublicinvestmentacrossalllevelsofeducation undertheHowardGovernment. ButthefederalEducationMinister,JulieBishop,blamedthewaytheOECDcalculated publicandprivateexpenditureoneducation. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/universityfundingamonglowestin oecd/2007/09/18/1189881513646.html

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