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Topic: Universities
Universities have issued dire warnings in recent days about the economic fallout of an international student cap. ( Reuters: Patrick T. Fallon )
Representatives from large universities have warned the federal government's proposal to cap international student enrolments at 270,000 could lead to a number below the cap.
Sector representatives and experts say students are unlikely to move to regional universities with more generous caps.
The government's proposed caps will require legislation to pass the Senate.
The federal government’s plans to cap international student enrolments could have a greater chilling effect than intended, according to experts and sector leaders who oppose the policy.
Education Minister Jason Clare this week unveiled a proposal to limit international enrolments across universities and vocational training to 270,000 places in 2025, similar to the pre-pandemic level but about 20 per cent lower than the recent peaks.
Each institution will be allocated a portion of that total, based on a complicated methodology which has not been published but which is understood to give the major urban universities less than their current levels and other universities more.
While Mr Clare has suggested that will create a "fairer" distribution, the Group of Eight, which lobbies for large urban players including the universities of Melbourne, Sydney, ANU, Monash and UNSW, has warned the policy would backfire.
Submitting to a parliamentary inquiry on the government’s plans in July, the group said institution-by-institution caps were a "command and control regime" and "simply will not work".
"International students have too many quality options in a global context and will not be reallocated around Australia at the whim of the government. This is particularly the case in the rush to a 2025 implementation."
That view is supported by Andrew Norton, a higher education expert at ANU, who has warned the caps will create "stranded" places because of inevitable misallocation.
A handful of east coast universities including Canberra's ANU account for a large proportion of international students. ( ABC News: Tamara Penniket )
"Because numbers will be allocated between universities … according to a politician or bureaucrat's view of where students should enrol, rather than where students want to enrol, actual enrolments are likely to be well below the capped level," he wrote in May.
Mr Norton noted the vast majority of international students choose to study in large cities and do so "for good reasons", including the stronger job prospects in those cities and the presence of other migrants from their home countries.
"On the logic of [the caps], prospective international students wanting to study in Australia will still do so, despite not being able to study in the university, or the city, that they have chosen.
"So far as I am aware, no market research supports this assumption."
Mr Norton also warned universities may take an overly cautious approach to avoid exceeding their allocations, such as giving students conditional offers and reneging if they approached the cap.
"This would be exceptionally bad market practice [and] would damage the reputation of universities and Australia more generally."
Several regional and suburban universities have welcomed the "certainty" provided by the caps and have expressed optimism about their capacity to meet their allocations.
The universities of Tasmania, Wollongong and Newcastle have all welcomed the caps and their favourable allocations, which University of Tasmania Vice-Chancellor Rufus Black said were "sensible and coherent."”
But larger players have also warned of significant economic fallout from the decision.
International education is one of Australia's largest exports, worth $48 billion in 2023 according to ABS figures, or about one-half the value of coal exports and one-third the value of iron ore exports.
That tally includes tuition fees and money students spend while in the country. It does not include the contribution international students make to the workforce or the taxes they pay, either while they are studying or later in life for the minority who secure permanent residence.
Figures put out by the sector in the lead-up to this week's announcement warned a cap could wipe off billions a year and also see tens of thousands of jobs shed from the sector, which employs somewhere around a quarter of a million people.
Those warnings are difficult to assess, in part because of the uncertainty of how the cap would work in practice. The government did not seek detailed Treasury analysis on the economic fallout of its decision.
But universities have also warned of wider "spillover" consequences if the sector's financial viability is undermined, including threats to its quality of teaching and its research output, both of which have economic consequences for the skill level of the Australian workforce and for productivity.
University of Melbourne VC Professor Duncan Maskell accused the government of ignoring those concerns.
"It is staggering that we continue to have this debate while there is apparently no serious intent to address really major reform issues," he said.
"There is no plan… to fund teaching that is fair to students and actually covers the cost to the university of teaching those students. We currently have to subsidise teaching costs.
"There is no plan to reform research funding to address the full economic cost of doing the research on which the nation depends for its future prosperity and place in the world. We currently have to subsidise a large proportion of the cost of research.
"These are the key issues that should be addressed, not student numbers."
August 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Chamber Senior Vice President for the Americas Neil Herrington issued the following statement regarding Mexico’s proposed reforms to the judiciary and independent regulatory agencies:
“The U.S. Chamber of Commerce respectfully calls on the sovereign Government of Mexico to continue deliberations with the private sector, academics and legal experts on the package of reforms the new Mexican Congress intends to consider in September. This dialogue is essential to ensure that the proposed reforms contribute to strengthening the rule of law and conditions for economic growth in Mexico.
Given our longstanding commitment to Mexico’s growth and prosperity, the U.S. business community is an important stakeholder in the reform process. American companies represent by far the largest source of foreign direct investment in Mexico and provide good jobs to millions of Mexicans. Whether operating in the U.S., Mexico or anywhere else in the world, American businesses depend on respect for the rule of law as the foundation of a vibrant investment climate, sustainable development, and job creation.
While there is a broad consensus about the need to strengthen Mexico’s judicial system, we strongly believe that certain constitutional and legal reforms currently proposed by the Mexican government – in particular, the judicial reform and the proposed elimination of independent regulatory agencies – risk undermining the rule of law and the guarantees of protection for business operations in Mexico, including the minimum standard of treatment under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The reforms also put at risk Mexico’s obligations under other international treaties to provide all with the right to a competent, independent, and impartial judicial system.
Further deliberation to address these concerns is needed to avoid jeopardizing the incoming Mexican government’s ability to generate shared prosperity and to tap into the potential of nearshoring to strengthen the country’s economic growth and development. The U.S. Chamber has worked constructively across administrations in Mexico, and we look forward to doing the very same now to ensure the proposed reforms strengthen Mexico’s investment climate, uphold the country’s international obligations, and support growth and prosperity for the Mexican people.”
La Cámara de Comercio de los EE.UU. expresa su preocupación por las reformas constitucionales propuestas por México
WASHINGTON, D.C. - El Vicepresidente Senior para las Américas de la Cámara de Comercio de los Estados Unidos, Neil Herrington, emitió la siguiente declaración sobre las reformas propuestas por México al Poder Judicial y a las agencias reguladoras independientes:
“La Cámara de Comercio de los Estados Unidos hace un llamado respetuoso al Gobierno soberano de México a continuar las deliberaciones con el sector privado, académicos y expertos legales sobre el paquete de reformas que el nuevo Congreso Mexicano evaluará en septiembre. Este diálogo es esencial para asegurar que las reformas propuestas contribuyan al fortalecimiento del Estado de Derecho y a las condiciones necesarias para el crecimiento económico de México.
Dado nuestro extenso compromiso con el desarrollo y la prosperidad de México, la comunidad empresarial estadounidense es unos de los grupos de interés clave en el proceso de reforma. Las empresas estadounidenses representan la mayor fuente de inversión extranjera directa en México y proveen de buenos empleos a millones de mexicanos. Ya sea en los EE. UU., México o en cualquier otro lugar del mundo, el éxito de las operaciones de las empresas estadounidenses depende de un Estado de Derecho robusto como base fundamental para un clima de inversión dinámico, sostenible y propicio para la generación de empleos.
Si bien existe un amplio consenso sobre la necesidad de fortalecer el sistema judicial de México, creemos firmemente que ciertas reformas constitucionales propuestas por el gobierno mexicano – en particular, la reforma judicial y la propuesta de eliminación de los órganos autónomos y entes reguladores –, podrían socavar el Estado de Derecho y las garantías de protección a las operaciones comerciales en México, incluyendo el nivel mínimo de trato otorgado a través del Tratado entre México, Estados Unidos y Canadá (T-MEC). Además, dichas reformas ponen en peligro las obligaciones contraídas por México en otros tratados internacionales, tales como las que otorgan el pleno derecho a un sistema judicial competente, independiente e imparcial.
Es necesario ampliar el periodo de deliberación para abordar estas preocupaciones a fin de evitar poner en riesgo la capacidad del gobierno mexicano entrante para generar prosperidad compartida y aprovechar el potencial del nearshoring y fortalecer el crecimiento económico y el desarrollo del país. La Cámara de Comercio de los Estados Unidos ha trabajado de manera constructiva con todas las administraciones de México, y esperamos hacer lo mismo en este proceso para ayudar a garantizar que las reformas propuestas fortalezcan el clima de inversión de México, cumplan con las obligaciones internacionales del país y apoyen el crecimiento y la prosperidad del pueblo mexicano".
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The short assignment is individual - it can be worked on in groups, but each person has to hand in an individual write up for individual grades.
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Ses #15: On January 16th 2011, days before an official visit to the US, China’s President Hu Jintao made the following remarks to the press: “ The monetary policy of the United States has a major impact on global liquidity and capital flows and therefore, the liquidity of the US dollar should be kept at a reasonable and stable level ”
Should the US Federal Reserve worry about the effects of its monetary policy in other countries? Should it care about the dollar’s role in international markets?
Ses #16: Should Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and similar countries abandon the Euro? Should there be two Euro zones, one for the periphery and one for the core countries (Germany, France, etc)?
Students will sort into teams of 3 or 4. Each team will have to prepare 4 presentations, 2 per debate, one for each position (i.e. “yes” and “no”). These should be PowerPoint presentations with a maximum length of 7 slides for each position. This is the only deliverable you have to do for the debates.
Before the debates, a secret ballot will be held for each of the debate questions. Every individual in the class must vote ‘yes’ or ’no’ to each question.
On the day of the debate, we will randomly select two teams to present their slides and makes their cases. Whether they present in support of “yes” or “no” is also randomly assigned. A team can be selected to present in both debates.
After the debate, the students that did not present will vote again. We will exclude the votes from the presenters in the first survey and compare the change in the results between the pre-debate and post-debate surveys. The team that shifted public opinion in their favor will win the debate. If you win, you get 10 additional points for each individual in the team.
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