1. Higher Education in Australia
Challenges & Solutions
Consultants:
Michelle Brito, Fenise Dunson, Rachel Hagstrom, Fran Wilkins
Drexel University
11.01.2010

2. The Australian System

• 39 universities: 37 public, 2 private
• 3. More than 150 other providers of higher education
• 4. One of the first to move from an elite to mass system
• 5. Educational institutions are third-largest exporter in Australia
• 6. 25 percent of students in Australia are international