Journal of International Students,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(3)
Published: July 25, 2023
While
many
Vietnamese
students
are
reported
to
study
abroad,
experiences
of
home-making
among
returning
paid
scant
attention
in
current
research
on
international
student
mobility.
Conversations
with
13
graduates
were
conducted
this
explore
the
sense-making
home
through
a
Heideggerian
perspective
building
and
dwelling
at
home.
The
analysis
empirical
material
shows
that
which
is
constructed
experienced
by
graduates’
use
intersecting
materials
socially
shared.
It
an
embodiment
migrants’
engagement
world
familiarity
discomfort
created
their
friction
interrelated
materialistic
discursive
aspects
life.
Their
returns
involve
incomplete
life
happenings
diverse
emotions
belonging.
findings
add
nuance
extant
understanding
as
belonging
challenge
common
conceptualization
private
space.
Studies in Higher Education,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 14
Published: Aug. 6, 2024
Although
previous
research
has
explored
the
impact
of
global
and
local
forces
on
transnational
higher
education
(TNHE)
at
a
macro
level,
limited
attention
been
paid
to
students'
lived
experiences
navigating
mixed
influences.
To
address
gap,
this
study
conducted
semi-structured
interviews
with
35
Chinese
undergraduates
enrolled
in
two
Sino-foreign
cooperative
universities
(SFCUs).
From
theoretical
lens
paradox,
revealed
inherent
tensions
dynamic
hybrideducational
practices
SFCUs,
arising
from
internationalisation
characteristics.
The
overlapping
values
cosmopolitanism,
nationalism,
neoliberalism,
authoritarianism
have
repercussions
programme
structure,
academic
discourse,
university
management.
findings
indicate
that
students
negotiated
various
manners,
including
following
prevailing
challenging
imagery,
recognising
complexity
situation.
presence
conflicting
influences
led
some
develop
hierarchical
binary
thinking
towards
knowledge
elicit
ambivalent
emotions
institutions,
while
others
achieved
wholeness
self
through
self-reflection.
This
contributes
new
scholarly
perspective
exploring
unique
TNHE.
Cogent Education,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: July 22, 2024
As
an
emerging
study
destination
for
international
students,
Malaysia
contributes
to
the
changes
in
student
mobilities
from
traditional
South-North
South-South
direction.
However,
research
on
doctoral
students'
expectancy
and
values
their
education
Malaysia,
as
well
factors
that
have
changed
geographies
global
South,
including
recent
flows
Vietnam,
receives
scant
attention.
By
using
in-depth
interviews
situated
expectancy-value
theory
thematic
analysis,
this
explores
of
among
22
Vietnamese
students
studying
at
Malaysian
universities.
The
data
analysis
reveals
social
construction
these
quality
experiences
stems
embeddedness
interrelated
personal,
social,
academic
domains.
intrinsic,
utility,
attainment
expressed
enable
them
confront
challenges
meet
quest
by
utilizing
abilities
transnational
relationships.
paradox
foreign
perceptions
makes
a
in-betweenness,
which
manifests
bargaining
power
relation
between
rankings
costs
materializes
within
direction
through
encounters
with
others.
Their
is
socially
consumed
shared.
This
chapter
focuses
on
international
student
mobility
(ISM)—specifically
African-China
within
Chinese
higher
education.
It
first
unpacks
the
dominant
narrative
of
Westward
for
non-Western
learners
in
extant
scholarship
ISM,
before
going
to
explore
China's
transition
from
a
traditional
'sending'
country
non-traditional
'receiving'
country.
Higher Education Research & Development,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 16
Published: July 2, 2024
The
post-pandemic
era
might
witness
a
shifting
landscape
of
international
higher
education,
partially
reflected
by
restructuring
student
mobility
(ISM)
patterns.
Notably,
there
is
nascent
trend
Chinese
returnees
with
degrees
from
Anglo-American
universities
pursuing
doctoral
studies
at
home.
Previous
research
concentrates
on
the
motivations
students
learning
abroad
and
experiences
foreign
in
China;
understanding
'reverse'
thin.
This
empirical
study
unveils
underlying
incentives
behind
students'
decision
to
return
for
through
an
analytical
framework
exploring
asymmetrical
power
relationships
among
ISM
actors.
23
candidates/graduates
eight
participated
semi-structured
interviews.
findings
reveal
narrowed
gap
STEM
(science,
technology,
engineering,
mathematics)
education
between
Anglophone
universities.
promising
industries
life
prospects
China's
megacities
impel
overseas
earlier
career
paths.
Meanwhile,
they
have
suffered
multiple
risks
including
outsider
identity,
xenophobia,
safety
concerns,
while
enjoying
privileges
enrollment
As
repositioning
its
peripheral
status,
China
still
has
lot
improve
institutionalization
application-assessment
admission
system,
internationalization
curriculum,
quality
assurance
pedagogical
practices.
