ISANA

Ali Abusalem

Abstract:  There are approximately 300,000 international students in Australia, overall representing a significant contribution to the Australian economy. So huge, that the Australian government is now accustomed to referring the international students’ market as an ‘export commodity’. When there are new emerging trends of students from certain countries/regions, the influx more often than not equates to the dollar value each student can bring in to the country. This trend is only likely to increase given the Australian government’s continual reduction of real funding to Universities and the pressure to fund activities from commercial enterprises.

Key words:  education as a commodity, education export, education funding, commercialisation of education

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