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An increasing imperative: Meeting the ‘diversity challenge’ in the context of globalised higher education. Ann Stewart Director, The Equity Office The University of Queensland Australia 105 Chart 1 Index of University Income Sourced from Commonwealth Government 1995 to 2005 (as a Share of GDP and Total Government Payments) 1995 = 100 100 95 Index 1995 = 100 90 Share of Total Government Payments 85 80 75 70 Share of GDP 65 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 "USQ has been left with no choice but to close its Dubai campus," Professor Lovegrove said in a media release. “I can guarantee we're not going to have $100,000 university degree courses." John Howard4 “…the Commonwealth contribution to Universities went from 60 per cent to 40 per cent over its period in office. Vice Chancellors have become more dependent upon HECS fees and charges and full fees from overseas and domestic students.”2 Canada The quality and performance of New Zealand universities was identified as being at risk, with strong international competition for academic staff being a factor. (Profile & Trends: New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Sector. 2005. p 204. Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga) “[The] linkage between diversity and democratic society challenges higher education to think more deeply about what individuals learn from their experience of campus ethos – and how that learning in turn constrains or enriches the quality and vitality of …communities.” (Schneider and Humphreys quoted in Chang. 2002. p 135) Concluding Remarks