Private Colleges Stall in Australia

By John Ross for The Australian. Private higher education has hit the wall in Australia, with its once-meteoric growth stalling.
Student numbers increased just 0.3 per cent this year and fell 1.8 per cent in equivalent full-time terms, according to data from the federal Department of Innovation.
This compared with average annual growth of about 7 per cent over the past two years, and about 40 per cent between 2007 and 2009.
Private colleges' international enrollments, which had seen annual rises of between 25 and 30 per cent during the boom years of 2007 to 2009, fell 10 per cent this year. Read more...