Bridging the gap between anecdotal and empirical evidence in the international education market : insights from the US and UK Naidoo, Vikash 2005, Bridging the gap between anecdotal and empirical evidence in the international education market : insights from the US and UK, in AIEC 2005 : Proceedings of the 19th Australian International Education conference 2005, AIEC, [Gold Coast, Queensland], pp. 1-9. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Bridging the gap between anecdotal and empirical evidence in the international education market : insights from the US and UK Author(s) Naidoo, Vikash Conference name Australian International Education. Conference (19th : 2005 : Gold Coast, Queensland) Conference location Gold Coast, Queensland Conference dates 11-14 October 2005 Title of proceedings AIEC 2005 : Proceedings of the 19th Australian International Education conference 2005 Editor(s) [Unknown] Publication date 2005 Conference series Australian International Education Conference Start page 1 End page 9 Total pages 9 Publisher AIEC Place of publication [Gold Coast, Queensland] Summary Education is an industry which has seen rapid growth in its trade over a short period of time. From the import and export of textbooks to international examinations such as the British Advanced and Ordinary levels and the American GMAT, GRE, LSAT, TOEFL and others, international trade in education has truly become a multidimensional phenomenon (Liston and Reeves, 1985). While all these aspects have largely contributed to the development of the so called “academic trade” (McMahon, 1988), it is the cross-border migration of international students which however remains the most visible aspect of this trade (Bourke, 2000). Indeed, recent estimates by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) suggest that nearly 1.9 million students were abroad in 2002 (OECD, 2004). There are probably thousands more foreign students involved in lower level education, language training and the like, but at the time of writing, no comprehensive statistics is yet available on international students enrolled in non-tertiary level institutions (Knight, 2002). As a result, it is vital to stress at the outset that this paper focuses exclusively on cross-border tertiary education but parallels can be drawn for lower level education. Language eng Field of Research 150308 International Business 140204 Economics of Education Socio Economic Objective 970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2005, AIEC Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30022301 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 18 Jan 2010, 13:23:45 EST Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 09:01:35 EST Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 09:02:35 EST Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 10:34:48 EST Mon, 06 Feb 2012, 12:44:01 EST Tue, 07 Feb 2012, 08:26:44 EST Wed, 22 Jan 2014, 13:31:20 EST Wed, 17 Sep 2014, 19:07:32 EST Fri, 19 Sep 2014, 13:35:18 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 458 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 18 Jan 2010, 13:23:45 EST