scholarly journals THE LIFE OF MUSLIM INDONESIAN STUDENTS IN GERMANY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Gilang Maulana Majid
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Pull Factor ◽  
Interesting Topic ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Religious Perspectives ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Study Motivation ◽  
Push And Pull

Immigration of people attached to a certain religion in a country where most of the population do not embrace the same religion has always been an interesting topic to explore, especially when it is regarding the discourse of student mobility in higher education world. A lot of factors must be taken into account before one makes a decision on which country to continue the study. As Muslims adhere to certain religious values, any factor that supports one’s piousity would be ideally weighed. This study explores the life of Muslim Indonesian students studying in Germany. Departing from the study motivation, the concept of push and pull factor is then enriched with religious perspectives. The research findings show that even though there are challenges that these students face as a Muslim, there is still an interesting opportunity that they have experienced when residing in Germany and later deem most significant in relation to their Islamicity. Realizing the importance of this kind of discourse for Indonesian immigrants, be it student or non-student, a suggestion of further research under the same topic is emphasized. Keywords: Germany, Hajj, higher education,Muslim Indonesian student, push-pull factor AbstrakImigrasi orang-orang yang melekat pada agama tertentu di negara yang mana sebagian besar penduduknya tidak memeluk agama yang sama selalu menjadi topik yang menarik untuk dieksplor, terutama ketika menyangkut wacana mobilitas siswa di dunia pendidikan tinggi. Banyak faktor harus diperhitungkan sebelum seseorang membuat keputusan ke negara mana untuk melanjutkan studi. Sebagai umat Islam yang mematuhi nilai-nilai agamanya, setiap faktor yang mendukung kesalehan seseorang akan dipertimbangkan. Studi ini mengeksplorasi kehidupan pelajar Indonesia Muslim yang belajar di Jerman. Studi ini berangkat dari motivasi belajar, konsep push dan pull factor yang kemudian diperkaya dengan perspektif agama. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa meskipun ada tantangan yang dihadapi para siswa ini sebagai seorang Muslim, namun masih ada peluang menarik yang mereka alami ketika tinggal di Jerman yang kemudian dianggap sangat penting dalam kaitannya dengan keislaman mereka. Menyadari pentingnya wacana semacam ini bagi para imigran Indonesia, baik itu mahasiswa maupun non-pelajar, maka perlu penelitian lebih lanjut dengan topik yang sama.Kata kunci: Mahasiswa Muslim Indonesia, Jerman, push-pull factor,pendidikan tinggi, Haji

Globalization, Cross Border Education, and Student Migration

2015 ◽  
pp. 397-442
Author(s):  
Ryan Vance Guffey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
The United States ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
The Relationship

Presently, there are more than two million students studying outside their home countries and the total number is expected to grow to eight million by 2025. This trend has inspired research into the “push” and “pull” factors that drive student mobility within the global higher education environment. However, despite the growing presence of cross border student enrollments throughout the United States, which is also the number one location for cross border students to study in the world, limited efforts have been made to identify what characteristics motivate particular groups of cross border students to leave their home countries to attend particular types of higher education in the United States. This chapter addresses that gap in the literature. In response, this study sought to build upon existing global higher education literature by determining the relationship between the perceived importance of institutional characteristics and cross border students' age, gender, and country of origin.

Intra‐ASEAN student mobility: overview, challenges and opportunities

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Yap Chao
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Current Status ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
Income Status ◽  
Higher Education Policies ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

PurposeThis paper explores the issue of developing and enhancing intra-ASEAN international student mobility given the context of ASEAN integration, regionalization of ASEAN higher education and the various intra‐ASEAN student mobility schemes currently implemented.Design/methodology/approachIt explores higher education policies, available higher education and international student mobility data, as well as the various intra‐ASEAN (and relevant) student mobility schemes to present the current status of intra‐ASEAN student mobility, challenges and opportunities to further enhance student mobility within the ASEAN region.FindingsAside from showing that intra‐ASEAN student mobility is significantly low compared to outbound student mobility from ASEAN countries, the paper also highlights the relationship between a country’s income status with choice of intra‐ASEAN or extraASEAN student mobility. Finally, it recommends developing a comprehensive intra‐ASEAN mobility scheme taking the merits of the various intra‐ASEAN mobility schemes currently implemented and guided by developments in the European ERASMUS mobility programs.Originality/valueThis is probably the first (in fact, it is an exploratory) paper that address the issue of intra‐ASEAN international student mobility, which aims to explore relevant issues to address the development of a comprehensive ASEAN mobility scheme.

scholarly journals Students’ Perceptions of Diversity in Higher Education: A Case from Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 45-67
Author(s):  
İsmail Meriç ◽  
Abdurrahim Emhan ◽  
Sezgin Çocuk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Black Students ◽  
White Students ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
African Origin ◽  
Campus Environment ◽  
Diversity In Higher Education ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
International University

Today, as student mobility in higher education is increasing, university environments are hosting more students with different races, cultures and backgrounds. Because the structure of universities is mostly designed in accordance with the culture of white students, white students are generally not very interested in the issues of differences and their general perception of differences is low. However, African-origin black students, who have had an experience of differences in a period of their lives, are more interested in issues related to differences and their general perception of the differences they experience in the campus environment is higher. The aim of this study is to reveal the challenges and opportunities arising from being in an international educational environment and to try to understand students' perceptions of differences. For this purpose, at an international university in Turkey, which has increasingly been the scene of differences, 192 students' perceptions related to differences were measured via questionnaires and the results were analyzed.

scholarly journals Push And Pull Factor dalam Proses Habitat Selection Akibat Keberadaan Kegiatan Pendidikan Tinggi di Kawasan Perumahan Siwalankerto, Kota Surabaya, Jawa Timur (Habitat Selection Process Due to Exixtence of Higher Education Activities Siwalankerto Housing Area, Surabaya City, East Java)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Anindita Ramadhani ◽  
Annisa B. Tribhuwaneswari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Pull Factor ◽  
Housing Area ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
Push Factor

<span>Kehadiran sebuah perguruan tinggi di sebuah kawasan mempunyai pengaruh yang cukup berarti <span>terhadap perkembangan sebuah kota, baik secara fisik maupun non fisik. Kawasan Siwalankerto adalah <span>kawasan yang terdampak oleh keberadaan Universitas Kristen Petra Surabaya. Komunitas pendatang <span>(mahasiswa dan pegawai) yang masuk menyebabkan perubahan terhadap kecenderungan penggunaan <span>lahan dari perumahan ke perdagangan dan jasa dalam rangka memenuhi kebutuhan mahasiswa.<br /><span>Berdasarkan data profil kependudukan Kelurahan Siwalankerto, terjadi penurunan jumlah penduduk dari <span>tahun 2010-2014 dan peningkatan tingkat migrasi keluar sebesar 4,7%. Hal ini mengindikasikan terjadinya<br /><span>proses <span><em>habitat selection </em><span>yang berpengaruh pada <span><em>push and pull factor </em><span>yang menyebabkan masuk dan <span>keluarnya komunitas pada kawasan, salah satunya pada Perumahan Siwalankerto Permai. Pergeseran <span>komunitas dari penghuni tetap menjadi komunitas penghuni musiman bertentangan dengan prinsip<br /><span>komunitas berkelanjutan dalam SDGs. Maka, diperlukan pemahaman terkait <span><em>push and pull factor </em><span>apakah <span>yang menyebabkan terjadinya perpindahan komunitas. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengidentifikasi <span><em>push</em><br /><span><em>and pull factor </em><span>dalam proses <span><em>habitat selection </em><span>akibat keberadaan perguruan tinggi. Metode penelitian <span>yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif, dengan teknik analisis <span><em>character appraisal </em><span>dalam menilai dan <span>mengelompokkan lingkungan perumahan serta metode wawancara dan pengamatan untuk<br /><span>menngidentifkasikan faktornya. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah teridentifikasinya <span><em>Push and pull factor </em><span>pada <span>kawasan studi. <span><em>Push factor </em><span>yang diidentifikasi adalah faktor lokasi dan ekonomi, sedangkan <span><em>pull factor</em><br /><span>yang diidentifikasi adalah faktor lokasi, ekonomi, sarana dan prasarana, dan sosial.<br /><span><em><strong>Kata Kunci</strong> : habitat selection, komunitas, kawasan perumahan, push factor, pull factor</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

International Student Mobility Aspirations: The Role of Romantic Relationships and Academic Motivation

2021 ◽  
pp. 102831532199074
Author(s):  
Tom De Winter ◽  
Christof Van Mol ◽  
Helga A. G. de Valk
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Life Course ◽  
International Student ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Male Students ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Study Motivation

The academic literature on the determinants of international student mobility so far has largely ignored the influence of romantic relationships and study motivation in the development of aspirations to participate in temporary learning experiences in another country. However, young adults might take considerations about investments in individual development (via academic training and thus study motivation) and romantic relationships into account in their decision-making process. Consequently, we apply a life-course perspective analyzing the relationships between having a romantic partner, study motivation, and aspirations to participate in an international exchange program among first-year university students, based on a survey conducted among 603 freshmen in Brussels. As female students are more likely to participate in student exchanges compared with male students, we pay special attention to gender differences. Our results show that a romantic relationship is negatively correlated with aspirations to participate in an international student exchange among female students. In contrast, intrinsic academic motivation is significantly associated with such aspirations among female and male students. Overall, our findings indicate the need for the consideration of different life-course domains in academic studies on international student mobility.

scholarly journals Integrating International Student Mobility in Work-Based Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Graf ◽  
Justin J. W. Powell ◽  
Johann Fortwengel ◽  
Nadine Bernhard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Training System ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Current State ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Incoming Students ◽  
And Training

Dual study programs are hybrid forms of work-based higher education that have expanded very rapidly in Germany—a country traditionally considered a key model in both higher education (HE) and vocational education and training (VET). The continued expansion of these hybrid programs increasingly raises questions if, how, and why they may be internationalized. Although comparative research suggests that this could be challenging due to the uniqueness of the German education and training system, strong forces support internationalization. This study examines the current state and the future prospects of internationalization of such innovative dual study programs by focusing on student mobility, a key dimension of internationalization. We find growing interest in but still relatively little mobility related to dual study programs, whether among German (outgoing) or international (incoming) students. Based on expert interviews and document analysis, we extend existing typologies of student mobility regarding specific features of work-based HE programs. Furthermore, we discuss opportunities—at home and abroad—for increasing student mobility in this rapidly expanding sector.

Challenges and opportunities for social entrepreneurs in civil engineering in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Ferreira Vasconcellos ◽  
Bernardo Henrique Leso ◽  
Marcelo Nogueira Cortimiglia
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Government

Purpose This paper aims to identify challenges and opportunities for social enterprises (SE) in civil engineering in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach Starting from the transformative social innovation theory and inspired by grounded theory principles, this paper conducts three-stage exploratory research. First, this paper mapped the Brazilian SE civil engineering ecosystem. Next, this paper classified the SE initiatives along with an organizing framework. Finally, this paper conducted 11 interviews with key ecosystem actors and analyzed data through iterative, parallel and interrelated content analysis procedures. Findings The 37 SE found were classified along “Sustainability,” “Housing,” “Transportation” and “Sanitation” pillars, which are aligned with the United Nations’ social development goals. This paper found 50 challenges and opportunities, which were aggregated along seven dimensions. Three elements are particularly relevant as opportunities: opportunities for SE with ecosystem supporters, specialized investors and partnership with major companies; while government and early investment are the most relevant challenges. Research limitations/implications Research findings and conclusions cannot be extended to other sectors and countries. Usual limitations associated with exploratory qualitative research must also be highlighted. Practical implications The government should offer financial and technical support for civil engineering in working in partnership with ecosystem supporters. Academy could use SE content and ecosystem for its students and should offer diverse resources for network creation. Originality/value Focusing on civil engineering SE in Brazil, this study sheds light on a high-impact sector that has not been studied yet.

World class universities and international student mobility: Repositioning strategies in the Asian Tigers

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-317
Author(s):  
Anatoly V Oleksiyenko ◽  
Sheng-Ju Chan ◽  
Stephanie K Kim ◽  
William Yat Wai Lo ◽  
Keenan Daniel Manning
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Global Science ◽  
Major Cluster ◽  
Knowledge Economies ◽  
Asian Tigers ◽  
World Class ◽  
Local Students ◽  
World Class Universities

A major cluster of economic engines that have changed Asian higher education, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan have all developed high-income societies as well as world-class universities which linked local “knowledge economies” to global science and created hubs for international collaborations and mobility. However, there has been limited analysis of interdependencies between the rise of world-class universities and changes in the flows of international talent. This paper elaborates on the concept of higher education internationalization that aims at enhancing geopolitical equity in global mobility and re-positioning local students for improved access to the world-class excellence. The paper compares key themes and patterns that define the Tiger societies’ unique positions in the field of global higher education.

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