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In a recent column on Why NZ’s return to investment in tertiary education is so low columnist Brian Fallow quotes an OECD study (440 pages) but actually gets his analysis mostly wrong. This …
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Every year, the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center conducts a survey to gauge the use of legal technology by attorneys in the United States. My thoughts on the prior reports are located here: 2012, 2011, 2010. No survey is perfect,...
Australian education exports in 2012 by recipient country. Students from China and India provide over a third of the $14.3 billion of revenue. There's considerable regional focus in that other nearby countries include Vietname ($756 m), Malaysia ($719 m), Indonesia ($581 m), Thailand ($540 m), Nepal ($419 m), Hong Kong ($392 m) and Pakistan ($308 m). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Australian education exports in 2012 by state. Leading are the most populous east coast states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. In 2012 they respectively attracted export revenue of $5,371 million, $4,365 million and $2,244 million. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Australian education exports in 2012 by sector. Vocational education is second highest, taking 18.3% of the $14.4 billion revenue from all sectors. The largest is higher education, attracting 67% of revenues in the sector. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
