Series: Universities For Sale — Part 1: The Export Industry With Lecture Theatres

In Part 1 of our series Universities For Sale, Alex Mercer traces how international education became one of Australia's biggest exports and how universities grew financially dependent on overseas student demand. This episode examines the shift from public institution to export business, the incentives that came with that change, and why the model left campuses more commercial, more fragile, and deeply entangled with migration, housing, and public funding debates. Series: Universities For Sale Part 1: The Export Industry With Lecture Theatres