Another post from the same forum gives us a real pragmatic Australian view abt Australian education industry. This is why Australia still welcome international students!
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OpEd:
27 Jul 2009 11:04:30am
For those who are critical of the international education industry that Australia has developed, I ask, how will we replace the $15 billion in foreign earnings, and the 10s of thousands of jobs that have been created?
The issue is not that Australia provides education services that are in demand from international students, but that there are so many, largely private colleges that have sprung up offering doggy certificates, and linked in with migration scams.
This is where the cleanup needs to take place.
With regard to gradauates applying for their residency in Australia, my feeling is if these people have the right kinds of skills and meet all the criteria for migration, then they should be able to apply for migration to Australia. What Australia ends up with is young people in the prime of their working life, with an Australian education, all at no expense to the Australia tax payer.
I think we need to be careful that we don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
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