One of Australia’s most established private colleges has been placed under external administration, making it potentially the biggest institutional victim of the federal government’s international education crackdown.
International House (IH), a 27-year-old college registered to teach around 10,000 overseas students, is under voluntary administration despite avoiding enrolment caps that would have limited it to less than 1,000 vocational and higher education commencements next year.
The eight-campus college has weathered challenges which have decimated international student numbers, including Covid-19, the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s and a major downturn 15 years ago.
However, the multi-faceted nature of this year’s…
