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Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Exporting education: Wisconsin can teach the world, and profit by it - Tom Still, Wisconsin Technology
In Australia these days, education has become a booming export business. Universities are expanding offshore and online programs to meet the demands of foreign students—mainly from Asia, the South Pacific and the Middle East—who are eager for courses taught in English. In fact, offshore education demand is so strong that sale of academic “sheepskins” is rivaling wool as an Australian export industry. The lessons learned in the land down under should be noted in Wisconsin, a state that is uniquely positioned to profit by leveraging its education assets. Instead of focusing purely on the cost of public education in Wisconsin, state policymakers should instead be urging educators to tap into emerging global and domestic markets.
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