Cross Border programs competency

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Cross Border programs competency

• Presented by
• Aditya Tater
• Adrian Wong
• National Liaison Committee for International
  Students in Australia

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Who is NLC?

• Established in 1986
• Peak representative body recognised by the
  Federal Government
• Committed to ensure quality education,
  equitable welfare and multicultural
  understanding
• Incorporated in 1998
• Works in conjunction with NUS- International
  Student Department

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Mission

• To represent and further the interests of
  international students in Australia
• To co-ordinate and assist with the activities in
  support of international students in Australia
• To maintain and improve the quality of education
  available to international students in Australia
• To promote international student understanding
  and the principle of multiculturalism in
  Australia
• To oppose any discrimination, injustice,
  inequality or intolerance which obstructs the
  achievements of NLCs aims objectives

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The National Liaison CommitteeFor International
Students in Australia Inc.
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Challenges in Cross-border Programs
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Facts

• Currently 1569 offshore programs are offered by
  Australian universities
• 70 in China (including HK), Singapore, Malaysia
  (AVCC)
• According to Australian Financial Review 1 out of
  5 students undertaking Australian degree does not
  come to Australia.
• According to IDP 35 of all overseas enrolment
  are offshore enrolment which will increase to 44
  by 2025.

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Government initiative

• Earmarked 590,000 a year for audit of Australian
  university offshore operation that enrol 73,000
  students offshore (The Australian).

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Advantage to Australia

• Enjoys closeness to Asia
• Trends shows growth in the number of students
  coming from Asia
• Asia emerging as a growth engine of the world
  economy and hub for major research

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Issues

• Cross border programs are money spinning ventures.

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Case study

• BOND University- Accreditation was cancelled by
  South Africa.
• University of South Australia- Closed many MBA
  programs in China.
• RMIT- Failed joint venture with Adorna, a
  Malaysian company

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Reason for failure?

• University having a collaboration with a company
  and not with an educational provider

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Priority Areas of Concern

• Lack of uniformity
• Quality of education
• Lack of proper guidelines
• Benchmarking

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What need to be done?

• Good relationship with the partner
• Trust and understanding- two important
  ingredients
• Professionalism and good strategy
• Code of Ethics?

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An Idea?

• Offshore program can be used to train
  staff/academics on different cultures.
• Chance of setting up research projects and also
  developing international industry wide link.
• Tailored offshore program for the country/region
  to adapt to the country.

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Successful strategy

• University and its partner should look for
• University (not corporate) governance, quality,
  research, shared vision, student welfare and
  trust.

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Transnational Education - Onshore
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Challenges in Onshore Delivery

• Public Funding
• Private Provider relationships
• Regulatory Frameworks
• Student Service Support

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Conclusion

• Cross Border programs can provide an opportunity
  to develop good educational, cultural, political
  and trade relationship with the host country.