Journal•ISSN: 1039-4788
People and place
Monash University
About: People and place is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & Immigration. It has an ISSN identifier of 1039-4788. Over the lifetime, 434 publications have been published receiving 6911 citations.
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TL;DR: Ghassan Hage as discussed by the authors argues that public concern about immigration stems from the distress that white Australians feel in the face of their declining power in multicultural Australia, and draws the two phenomena together.
Abstract: Both MairiAnne Mackenzie and Alastair Davidson (this issue) comment on the relationship between immigration and multiculturalism. The following extract is reprinted with permission from the last seven pages for Ghassan Hage’s new book, White Nation. It draws the two phenomena together and argues that public concern about immigration stems from the distress that ‘White Australians’ feel in the face of their declining power in multicultural Australia. The term ‘White’ stands for people of European origin while the term ‘Third World-looking’ people denotes most of the rest.
1,712 citations
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TL;DR: The results of the English tests required of overseas students who obtained permanent residence visas in 2005-06 after graduating reveal that at least a third scored below the level normally required for employment as professionals in Australia.
Abstract: The results of the English tests required of overseas students who obtained permanent residence visas in 2005-06 after graduating reveal that at least a third scored below the level normally required for employment as professionals in Australia. This article explores how students with limited English gained entry to Australian higher education courses in the first place and how they subsequently passed their examinations. It also examines the responses to this situation on the part of the Australian Government and of the Australian accrediting authorities whose task is to assess the adequacy of students' credentials (including English) within their jurisdiction.
233 citations
TL;DR: The authors interviewed 14 academics from 10 universities and found that all were concerned about the inadequate English of many international students, and reported pressure to pass such students despite poor work, and to overlook plagiarism.
Abstract: Australian universities have struggled to compensate for funding cuts by taking in large numbers of full-feepaying international students. Concern is mounting about falling standards and the growth of plagiarism. The author interviewed 14 academics from 10 universities and found that all were concerned about the inadequate English of many international students. Most reported pressure to pass such students despite poor work, and to overlook plagiarism. Where academics did report plagiarism they found the process timeconsuming and often futile.
140 citations
TL;DR: This paper explored the motives of students from India who have enrolled in Australian universities as overseas students and showed that their main objective is to obtain a permanent residence visa in Australia and that they tailor their choice of course and university with this end in mind.
Abstract: This article explores the motives of students from India who have enrolled in Australian universities as overseas students. It shows that their main objective is to obtain a permanent residence visa in Australia and that they tailor their choice of course and university with this end in mind. As a consequence most have chosen to study at the relatively low cost metropolitan campuses of Australia’s regional universities. The article also explores the difficulties Indian students are encountering in obtaining a permanent residence visa.
106 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines the situation at the start of the twenty-first century, using Monash University as a case study, and concludes that high ENTERs are not a good predictor of university success.
Abstract: A large proportion of students competing for first year university places are selected on the basis of their Year 12 performance according to the Equivalent National Tertiary Entry Rank (ENTER). The ENTER ranks each student in relation to all other students. Year 12 students strive to achieve the highest ENTER possible, in order to optimise their choice of university and course. Students from Government schools produce lower ENTERs (on average) than students from other types of schools. One also reads, from time to time, that high ENTERs are not a good predictor of university success. This paper examines the situation at the start of the twenty-first century, using Monash University as a case study.
88 citations