TY - JOUR
T1 - A test of the role of universities in regional development
T2 - The case of international education students in the Northern Territory
AU - Gerritsen, Rolf
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - There is some controversy in Australia over the role of regional universities in the economic development of their regions. This paper assumes that regional universities can be valuable additions to regional development. To avoid the Grattan 'taxpayer-money-recycled' critiques, this paper examines students who provide other people's money, notably international education students in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. The case is made that international education exports are a valuable part of the suite of the NT's exports. It is posited that over the next decade the Territory's international education exports can triple and the sector become the Territory's fifth largest exporter and the second largest services exporter.
AB - There is some controversy in Australia over the role of regional universities in the economic development of their regions. This paper assumes that regional universities can be valuable additions to regional development. To avoid the Grattan 'taxpayer-money-recycled' critiques, this paper examines students who provide other people's money, notably international education students in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. The case is made that international education exports are a valuable part of the suite of the NT's exports. It is posited that over the next decade the Territory's international education exports can triple and the sector become the Territory's fifth largest exporter and the second largest services exporter.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84995784290&origin=resultslist
M3 - Article
SN - 1324-0935
VL - 22
SP - 125
EP - 157
JO - Australasian Journal of Regional Studies
JF - Australasian Journal of Regional Studies
IS - 1
ER -