My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:
- Universities recruit students with inadequate English – A BBC investigation has found evidence that suggests some universities under financial pressure accept overseas students who lack adequate English.
- We have failed the university challenge – It's a harsh but valuable lesson that a tertiary education, if it is to be worth anything, is a prize and a privilege that must be earned by those who apply for it. It is not a right, as so many applicants seem to think.
- International Education Industry Is Broken – The Australian Government's changes to the skilled migration program will affect thousands of international students. For the industry, the greatest pain will be felt by private colleges. They have boomed because of the present policies and will decline. While universities may have overloaded on international students in programs such as masters of professional accounting, for example, they do not play in the cookery, hairdressing or mechanics space so will feel only a mild initial impact.
- Foreign Ph.D. Recipients in Science Stay in U.S. at Near-Record Levels – Despite the alarms being raised about brain drain, the percentage of foreign students who receive doctorates in science and engineering in the United States and who choose to stay in the country after graduation has climbed in recent years, according to a study by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education and the National Science Foundation. Using tax records, the study found 67 percent of foreign students who earned their Ph.D. in 2005 were still in the country in 2007. The rate had dipped for 2003 graduates, a pattern than the study's author attributes to a poor economy and security concerns following the September 11 terror attacks.
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