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Rizvi, Fazal – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
Over the past two decades, considerable importance has been attached around the world to international student mobility as a way of internationalization of higher education. A whole range of institutional strategies have been employed to encourage students to consider education abroad, either on a short term basis, on a study tour or educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Social Status, Exchange Programs
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Putnam, Thomas; Gill, Judith – Issues in Educational Research, 2011
This paper begins with a focus on the problematic nature of one key term in the Bradley Report. "Socioeconomic status," or SES as commonly used, lacks clear definition leading to ongoing debates about its measurement. A working consensus on SES and its measurement is necessary for the report's recommendations to proceed effectively. Next…
Descriptors: Reports, Socioeconomic Status, Measurement, Higher Education
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Abbott, Malcolm; Doucouliagos, Chris – Education Economics, 2009
Economic theory suggests that competitive pressures will impact on organisational efficiency. In recent years, universities in Australia and New Zealand have faced increased competition for students. The aim of this paper is to explore the efficiency of Australian and New Zealand public universities and to investigate the impact of competition for…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Universities, Competition, Foreign Countries
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Whitchurch, Celia; Gordon, George – Tertiary Education and Management, 2011
This paper suggests that as university missions have adapted to accommodate major developments associated with, for instance, mass higher education and internationalisation agendas, university workforces have diversified. They now, for instance, incorporate practitioners in areas such as health and social care, and professional staff who support…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Development, Higher Education, Governance
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Naidoo, Vik – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2010
The main hypothesis examined in this study is that the success of export recruitment strategies of universities is partly determined by their export readiness, defined as a function of market orientation. This article seeks to fulfil both a research and a practitioner gap in the export of education field. There currently exists a lack of research…
Descriptors: International Trade, Marketing, Student Recruitment, Universities
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Price, Anne – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2009
Increasing the cultural and linguistic diversity of the teaching workforce in Australia was a key recommendation of the House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into Teacher Education in their report, "Top of the Class" (written by L. Hartsuyker). The report reflects findings from national and international research that…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Federal Government
Buckworth, Jenny – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
One of the key challenges for education in Northern Australia is attracting and recruiting teachers who can respond to the challenges of the region at the start of their careers through professional experience in the region. For pre-service students in regional locations such as the Northern Territory these challenges include coping with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Recruitment, Coping, Social Isolation
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Cheung, Alan C. K.; Yuen, Timothy W. W.; Yuen, Celeste Y. M.; Cheng, Yin Cheong – International Journal of Educational Management, 2011
Purpose: The main purpose of the present paper is twofold: to examine and compare the current strategies and policies that are employed by the UK, Australia and Singapore and to recommend appropriate strategies and policies to higher education institutions and the Hong Kong government and elsewhere that are interested in expanding their efforts in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Recruitment, Foreign Students
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Szekeres, Judy – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
The climate of competition for students in the higher education sector makes it imperative that institutions increase their marketing efforts, both domestically and internationally, to help sustain student numbers. In Australia, the Bradley Report and the government response, which will do away with quotas, allows for a much freer market than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Recruitment, Marketing
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He, Yunke; Banham, Heather – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
As the focus on international education has changed from international aid to international trade, competition for internationally mobile students has increased. The motivational factors influencing the education destination decision for students from China is of particular significance to destination countries and their educational institutions.…
Descriptors: International Education, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
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Kruger, Tarnya; Beilin, Ruth – Youth Studies Australia, 2012
In 2007, a study titled "Living in the landscapes of the 21st century" was conducted in 11 high schools in metropolitan and rural Victoria. The research team investigated Year 10 students' conceptions of landscapes in order to explore their understandings of natural resource management (NRM), including agriculture, food, land and water…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Natural Resources, Occupational Aspiration
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Lorel, Benoit – Education Economics, 2009
Our paper contributes to explore differences in high-education systems, and to highlight the role of competition among tertiary education providers and more generally of tertiary education systems viewed from a general equilibrium perspective to explain changes in returns to skill, wage inequalities and output. An objective function is introduced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Educational Demand, Competition
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Iredale, Robyn; Voigt-Graf, Carmen; Khoo, Siew-Ean – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2009
The international mobility of teachers is gaining increased attention as particular developing countries become significant sources of supply for more developed countries that have shortages. Most attention so far has focused on Africa's contribution to the United Kingdom workforce. This article examines the patterns of teacher migration for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developed Nations, Faculty Mobility, Migration
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Jacobs, Nicky; Harvey, David – Educational Studies, 2010
Competition in the market is a perennial and ever-increasing problem for independent schools. How schools can meet this pressure and find ways to attract (the best) students is a continuing question and one that will get more onerous as the government funding for education is, in relative terms, decreasing. One of the ways in which schools can…
Descriptors: School Culture, Academic Achievement, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Attitudes
Group of Eight (NJ1), 2010
International education, particularly study in Australia, provides significant economic benefits for Australia. It is both a major export industry and a source of domestic economic growth. If Australia can attract talented international students through scholarships and a reputation for quality, they will return to their home countries to become…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Government Role, Scholarships
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