ABSTRACT
This book explores how the recruitment and retention of Asian international students in Canadian universities intersects with other institutional priorities. Responding to the growing need for new insights and perspectives on the institutional mechanisms adopted by Canadian universities to support Asian international students in their academic and social integration to university life, it crucially examines the challenges at the intersection of two institutional priorities: internationalization and anti-racism. This is especially important for the Asian international student group, who are known to experience invisible forms of discrimination and differential treatment in Canadian post-secondary education institutions. The authors present new conceptualisations and theoretical perspectives on topics including international students’ experiences and understandings of race and racism, comparisons with domestic students and/or non-Asian students, institutional discourse and narratives on Asian international students, comparison with other university priorities, cross-national comparisons, best practices, and recent developments linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Foregrounding the institutional strategies of Canadian universities, as opposed to student experience exclusively, this direct examination of institutional responses and initiatives draws out similarities and differences across the country, compares them within the broader array of university priorities, and ultimately offers the opportunity for Canadian universities to learn from each other in improving the integration of Asian international students and others to their student body. It will appeal to teacher-scholars, researchers and educators with interested in higher education, international education and race and ethnic studies.
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|71 pages
Institutional Contexts
chapter 2|14 pages
For Students, Look East; For Partners, Look West
chapter 3|14 pages
Framing International Students from Asia in Ontario Universities
chapter 4|14 pages
International Education Pipeline
chapter 5|14 pages
International Students and Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) in Canadian Universities
part Section II|85 pages
Inclusion and Exclusion in Universities
chapter 6|14 pages
Assessments of Universities by International Students from Asia
chapter 7|13 pages
Between Intellectual Gateway and Intellectual Periphery
chapter 9|13 pages
Voices from Chinese International Students on Resources Offered by Montreal Universities
chapter 10|13 pages
Pushed to the Periphery
chapter 11|15 pages
International Students from Asia Studying in Canada
part Section III|81 pages
Anti-Asian Racism and the Politics of Race