Colleges logged 3,000 enrolments before management diploma axed

Private colleges logged almost 3,000 enrolments in the Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) in the weeks before it was scrapped on 5 October. Over 1,300 came after the 4 September ban announcement; over 1,500 start dates were pulled forward. Assistant Minister Julian Hill says non-genuine students used it to stay in Australia. The numbers invite scepticism.