July 20, 2007

Australian Universities Cull Overseas Programs

By DAVID COHEN

An unprecedented number of Australian universities are withdrawing from overseas ventures, although the nation's institutions now enroll tens of thousands of fee-paying foreign students.

The downward trend, which was first reported in The Australian newspaper, follows the collapse of the country's highest-profile overseas program to date, a fully fledged campus in Singapore that closed its doors in late June after fewer than half the expected number of students had enrolled for the

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