The Social and Economic Security of International Students in the Global Education Market

社会和经济保障是国际学生选择澳大利亚作为留学目的地的主要因素。这也是澳大利亚出口长期轨迹的核心。在国际教育市场上，安全问题变得更加重要和紧迫，因为通过2003年，澳大利亚大学通过澳元升值失去了与美国大学相比的一半价格优势。鉴于教育产品本身与美国和英国的教育产品几乎没有什么不同，基于学生安全的差异化可能至关重要。然而，到目前为止，还没有关于学生安全的学术研究，政策的重点也很有限，只集中在选定的方面。

Social and economic security is a prime factor in decisions by international students to select Australia as a study destination. It is also central to the long term trajectory of Australian exports. In the international education market security issues have assumed greater importance and urgency in that through 2003 Australian universities lost half of their prior price advantage vis a vis US universities via appreciation of the Australian dollar. Given that the educational product itself is little different to that of the USA and the UK, differentiation on the basis of student security is likely to be crucial. Yet so far there has been no academic research on student security, and a limited policy focus only on selected aspects.