The Chronicle of Higher Education

Report Criticizes Australian System for Admitting Foreign Students Who Later Failed English-Competency Tests

By DAVID COHEN

Wellington, New Zealand

The English-language abilities of more than a third of all fee-paying foreign students who obtained permanent-residence visas after completing a degree in Australia are so dismal that they should never have been given visas to study in the...

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