Many Australian universities appear to make little use of the expertise of their marketing academics within their overseas marketing programs. Also, most university administrators believe that they could improve the effectiveness of their marketing programs quite significantly. This situation is surprising, given the substantial potential income from Asian and other foreign students. On the other hand, most institutions do appear to have at least some degree of “customer-orientation” with respect to their international student programs, consistent with a marketing philosophy.
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