sees big fall in domestic enrolments
North Island universities are blaming high employment and a drop in school-leavers with University Entrance for a big fall in enrolments by New Zealand students.
All five North Island universities told RNZ they had started the year with fewer full-time-equivalent domestic students than the same time last year.
The drop was trivial at Waikato, but significant at the remaining four institutions.
The two South Island institutions that shared their figures with RNZ, Canterbury and Lincoln, reported increased domestic enrolments.
All seven universities that provided figures reported big increases in foreign enrolments compared with the same time last year, which had been expected due to the removal of Covid-related border restrictions late last year.
Link to commentary and article: Drop in school-leavers receiving UE, high employment, sees big fall in domestic enrolments | RNZ News
