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Several datasets were used to examine changes in the demand for higher education among specific student groups within the region, the impacts upon currently enrolled students, and some of the potential consequences for regional employers and long-term regional competitiveness. It identifies challenges facing higher education providers operating in such environments and the policy implications of these challenges for government.  \nIntroduction  \nSince 2002, Australia has experienced an export-driven minerals boom, which has a significant and generally positive impact on the national economy as a whole. Regional areas of Australia that are closely associated with the mining industry or host major mining operations have been particularly affected by this boom, with many of these areas experiencing significant economic growth and opportunities for development during this period. Despite the recent economic slowdown, the long-term growth prospects of countries such as China and India indicate that this mining-based growth is likely to continue to play an important role in Australia’s economy for the foreseeable future.  \nThe minerals boom has radically changed the social and economic norms of many regional areas in Australia. Economic growth has placed considerable strain on regional labour markets, with increased demand for labour and consequent higher salaries providing opportunities and incentives to drive a rapid expansion of the traditional labour market and encouraging many traditional non-participants to enter the labour force. This has had a signifi-  \ncant impact on the demand for higher education in these regions. Increased employment opportunities and rapidly rising costs of living have motivated many current and potential students to move into the workforce rather than continuing their education. This has in turn placed considerable short-term strain on several regional universities, and has the potential to have a serious long-term impact on the future sustainability of the regional communities that they service.  \nThe recent history of Central Queensland University (CQU) has been dominated by the impact of theresources boom on its regional community. The massive growth in Central Queensland’s coal industry over the past ten years has caused immense economic and social change within the University’s campus footprint. Those changes have had an impact on the University ina variety of ways, the most obvious being a sustained fall in enrolments of domestic students from the Central Queensland region.  \nCentral Queensland’s declining demand for higher education is not unique among the regions impacted by Australia’s resources boom – regions in Western Australia and the Northern Territory with high levels of expo-  \nvol. 56, no. 1, 2014 Higher education and the minerals boom Philip Bell 47  \nA U S T R A L I A N U N I V E R S I T I E S ’ R E V I E W  \nFigure 1. The coal industry in Central Queensland  \nSource: Department of Mines and Energy (2010)  \n48 Higher education and the minerals boom Philip Bell vol. 56, no. 1, 2014  \nA U S T R A L I A N U N I V E R S I T I E S ’ R E V I E W  \nsure to the minerals industry have experienced similar falls in demand. However, it needs to be recognised that CQU is arguably the university most exposed to the economic impact of the resources boom. Along with Charles Darwin University in Darwin, the majority of its campus footprint is physically located in one of Australia’s major resources regions, and it relies heavily on domestic enrolments from regional areas on which the resources boom has had the greatest impact. 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