JP\/18\/AUSSIE<\/p>\n
Int'l students almost on par with Australian students<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
In response to claims that universities in Australia were
\ndropping standards to favor foreign students, some Australian
\nresearchers conducted a comparative study that disproved the
\nearlier claims.<\/p>\n
Results of the comparative study will be released at the AIEC
\nconference by Alan Olsen, Dr Zena Burgess and Dr Raj Sharma,
\nAustralian publication Campus Review reported in October.<\/p>\n
They said that there was "an alleged investigation" by the
\nSydney Morning Herald in June, which claimed to have found
\nevidence of quality falling at universities as international
\nstudents with poor English were being awarded degrees so they
\ncould be accepted for permanent residency.<\/p>\n
The study of almost 340,000 full-time students in 22
\nAustralian universities has found little difference in the
\nperformance of local and international students, with Australian
\nstudents passing 89.4 percent of what they attempted while
\ninternational students passed 88.8 percent.<\/p>\n
But there was a clear gender difference, with female students
\nin both groups passing nearly 92 per cent of units attempted
\nwhile the males passed 86.5 per cent.<\/p>\n
The report notes that the 35,039 international females
\noutperformed the 38,890 international males, the 148,963
\nAustralian females outperformed the 115,553 Australian males and
\noverall, the 184,002 female students outperformed the 154,443
\nmale students.<\/p>\n
"Simply put, international girls did better than international
\nboys, Australian girls did better than Australian boys," the
\nreport states.<\/p>\n
The study used the Student Progress Unit, a ratio of subjects
\npassed to subjects attempted, as the measure of academic
\nperformance. Of the 340,000 full-timers whose results were
\nassessed by the researchers, 78 per cent were local and 22 per
\ncent from overseas.<\/p>\n
Australian students outperformed international students in 13
\nof the 22 universities that took part in the investigation.
\nInternational students outperformed Australian students in five
\ninstitutions and in four there was no difference.<\/p>\n
The report says the 38,890 international males outperformed
\nthe 115,553 Australian males while the 148,963 Australian females
\noutperformed the 35,039 international females. Overall, however,
\nthere was no difference.<\/p>",
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