ABSTRACT
Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education examines a wide range of international student experiences empirically from multiple perspectives that includes socio-cultural identities, contextual influences on their learning experiences, their wellbeing experiences, and their post-study experiences.
This collection sheds light on the over five million students who cross geographical, cultural, and educational borders for higher education outside of their home countries. This book consists of nineteen chapters spread across four sections. Throughout the book, contributors question the existing assumptions and values of international student programs and services, reexamine and explore new perspectives to present the emerging challenges and critical evaluations of student experiences and their identities.
Offering a rich understanding of these students and their global college experiences in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Americas, this book offers research-based strategies to effectively recruit, engage, support, and retain international students as they participate in higher educational settings around the world. This book provides resource material to benefit educators, policymakers, and staff who work closely with international students in higher education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|105 pages
Sociocultural Experiences
chapter 2|14 pages
Seeing International Students as Students
chapter 5|12 pages
‘I Just Want to Be Equal With the Other Native Students’
chapter 6|21 pages
Reconciling Multiple Identities
part II|87 pages
Contextual Influences on International Student Learning Experiences
chapter 11|21 pages
International Undergraduates Reported for Academic Integrity Violations
chapter 13|18 pages
Headbump or Headway?
part III|46 pages
Rethinking International Student Wellbeing Experiences
chapter 14|15 pages
Rethinking Student Wellbeing Experiences
chapter 15|15 pages
International Students’ Mental Health
part IV|47 pages
International Student Post-Study Experiences