PREreview of A population perspective on international students in Australian universities

There is unevenness between low- to middle-income countries and their regions in the rate per population of being an international student in Australian universities. The difference is not proportional to the need for access to higher education in these regions or countries.

The patterns that seem to govern the high rates of international students in Australia, include countries with a high GDP and individual student’s ability to pay the fees.

The findings of the study should contribute to the governments of Australia and other developed countries to reevaluate their policy on higher education for foriegn students

Major issues

• The authors seemed to have approached the research with some bias

• Review and presentation of all foreign students would have helped give a true background picture and context to the findings

Minor issues

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Competing interests

The author declares that they have no competing interests.