Cut foreign student numbers with a levy, not a cap
A levy is an economically sensible alternative policy that will create a revenue stream for governments and deliver more financial resources to universities.
On Monday the Coalition announced it would oppose the government’s proposed caps on the number of international students allowed to enrol in Australian universities after 2024.
There is no doubt that the universities believed the caps would eventuate and had started to plan for this apparent inevitability for the 2025 academic year.
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Rabee Tourky is Professor of Economics and Director of Research School of Economics at the ANU.
Rohan Pitchford is a Professor of Economics in the Research School of Economics.
Bruce Chapman is with the College of Business and Economics at the ANU.