scholarly journals Adding an International Student’s Voice to the Pandemic Discourse as Thinkers, not Subjects

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-256
Author(s):  
Sarah Jane Lipura
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
International Education ◽  
Student Voice ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Critical Relation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Do So

As of this writing, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international higher education is continuously being documented, drawing enough, if not too much, attention towards international students. However, the voices of international students remain muted such that much of what has been said about their experience do not directly come from them but from those who claim to speak on their behalf. In this essay, I attempt to add an international student voice to the pandemic discourse by shifting attention to international students not as subjects but as thinkers and co-producers of knowledge in their own right, in hope of also contributing to the broader conversation about ethics and responsibility surrounding international education and international student mobility research and practice. I do so by sharing my own reflections on the crisis and its critical relation to power, stillness and humanness.

scholarly journals US Student Mobility Trends in a Global Context

2017 ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Rajika Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
Current Student ◽  
The Impact

Drawing upon current student mobility data, this article highlights five key developments in the field of international student mobility, with a particular focus on the United States. Trends related to specific international education initiatives are examined, as is the impact of a shifting political climate globally.

scholarly journals Engaging Underrepresented International Students as Partners: Agency and Constraints Among Rwandan Students in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-122
Author(s):  
Aryn Baxter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Students ◽  
International Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Mobile Students ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Scholarship Recipients

As international student mobility expands and student populations grow increasingly diverse, there is a need to engage underrepresented international students as partners to better understand their lived experiences and co-construct supports for navigating the opportunities and constraints that accompany mobility. This article presents findings from a multisited ethnography that examines the experiences of scholarship recipients from Rwanda pursuing undergraduate degrees in the United States. Drawing on spatial and transnational theories, the study illuminates how student engagement is constrained by conflicting expectations, representations, and relationships and highlights how students exercise agency as they navigate their international education experiences. In drawing attention to the diversity of international students’ spatial imaginaries, the study provides a starting point for universities to develop deeper and more sensitive understandings of mobile students’ differences.

scholarly journals US Student Mobility Trends in a Global Context

2017 ◽  
pp. 2-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajika Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
Current Student ◽  
The Impact

Drawing upon current student mobility data, this article highlights five key developments in the field of international student mobility, with a particular focus on the United States. Trends related to specific international education initiatives are examined, as is the impact of a shifting political climate globally.

scholarly journals The economic impacts of international student mobility in the globalization process

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 3853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faruk Levent
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
International Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Market Area ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Cost

Globalization, which has various effects on economic, financial, political, sociological and cultural developments, also influences the field of education. One of the outcomes that arise due to the effects of globalization is related to the increase in international student mobility. This has paved the way for the emergence of a new market area in which international students are regarded as a source of income. Purpose of this study is to examine the economic impacts of international student mobility in the globalization process. The document analysis is used in the study. In this study, the data analysis consists of three parts. The first part is about the cost of international education while the second part explicates the economic impacts of international student mobility. Finally, the third part reviews policies aimed at increasing the number of international students. According to the information obtained from this study international students provide significant revenue to the economy of their host country by bearing the cost of tuition fees and non-educational expenses as well as by contributing to the production of knowledge and technology. 

scholarly journals “The changing map of international student mobility” as an experiment in collective and co[labor]ative writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Stephanie Hollings
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
International Education ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
International Student Mobility

This short paper explores the collective writing experiment that materialized into the paper, “The Changing Map of International Student Mobility” (Peters, Hollings et al., 2021). It explains how 15 students of Professor Michael A. Peters, each writing 500-word essays, were able to create a unique and diverse dialogue on international student mobility. By being reliant on numerous perspectives, this dialogue offered a more holistic outlook on recent disruptions to international education and international students. Thus, the dialogue offered a collective approach to knowledge production within a knowledge socialist pedagogy.

scholarly journals Academic Failure: Unspoken Experiences by International Postgraduate Students in a Malaysian University

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Research University ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Academic Failure ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The Impact

Malaysia aspires to become a regional and international hub of higher education through an international student mobility initiative. Existing scholarly work on international students is skewed towards understanding the general challenges faced by international students, but limited work has been conducted in exploring the impact of severe supervision challenges on international postgraduate students’ experiences in a Malaysian research university. Hence, this paper explores the evidence of academic failure experienced by international postgraduate students by drawing on semi-structured interviews with 33 international postgraduate students. Academic failure experiences were faced by international postgraduate students as a result of two major challenges: supervision issues, and faculty mismanagement. The experience of academic failure has impacted the students’ enthusiasm, motivation and inspiration in progressing in their research work and has also impacted them psychologically. The implications for developing significant and profound strategies to assist international postgraduate students in achieving positive educational outcomes are also discussed.

scholarly journals International Student Mobility

2018 ◽  
pp. 15-30
Author(s):  
Rashim Wadhwa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Core Element ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
The Core

International student mobility is the core element of the internationalization of higher education. In recent years, a significant change has been observed in the outlook of individuals which is giving a boost to this phenomenon. Within this context, the present chapter analyzed the phenomenon of international student mobility through different approaches by providing critical outlook. An attempt has been made to list the important determinants which influence the decision-making process of international students.

Exploring Global Korea Scholarship as a Public Diplomacy Tool

2021 ◽  
pp. 002190962110358
Author(s):  
Kadir Jun Ayhan ◽  
Moamen Gouda ◽  
Hyelim Lee
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
International Student ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Cognitive Evaluation ◽  
Mobility Programs ◽  
Cognitive Dimensions

Through international student mobility programs, such as Global Korea Scholarship (GKS), countries aim to influence international students’ beliefs about and attitudes toward the host country. In this article, we explore GKS’s role in bringing international students to the country and analyze changes in GKS students’ and alumni’s affective and cognitive evaluation of Korea after coming to the country. We compare results based on students’ and alumni’s length of stay, gender, and economic development level of their home country. Our findings suggest that after coming to Korea, GKS recipients evaluate Korea more positively in both affective and cognitive dimensions.

scholarly journals Support Services at Spanish and U.S. Institutions: A Driver for International Student Satisfaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 984-998
Author(s):  
Adriana Perez- Encinas ◽  
Ravichandran Ammigan
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Support Services ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Support Services ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
University Support ◽  
New Research

Many institutions of higher education are promoting campus internationalization as a core principle through international student mobility and, as a result, have expanded rapidly in enrollment. To effectively serve this growing population, many campuses have had to strengthen their student support services. However, while many have welldeveloped programs for students in general, not all services are designed to specifically cover the needs of international students. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview on research conducted on the topic of international student satisfaction with university support services as a means to ensure a positive student experience. It also provides a new research approach for comparing how support services for international students are structured at Spanish and U.S. institutions.

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