The global space of international students in 2010
Abstrak
ABSTRACT International students have become an increasingly important research object – not only on the basis of the overall expansion and importance of international students in higher education and in national economic policies, but also since they constitute a strategic research object for understanding the global landscape of higher education. By using correspondence analysis on a data set on countries of destination and regions of origin, the global space of international students is depicted. The analysis reveals a structure with three main poles, a Pacific pole, a Central European one and a French/Iberian one. The three poles correspond to three different logics of recruitment: a market logic, a proximity logic and a colonial logic. The three poles and logics are also related to linguistic structures. The Pacific/Market pole is dominated by English, while the Central European pole has German and Slavic languages as a common denominator, and the French and Iberian pole has French, Spanish and Portuguese in common with their former colonies. It is argued that the Pacific/Market pole is the dominating pole in the space due to the high concentration of resources of different sorts, including economic, political, educational, scientific and not least, linguistic assets.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
M. Börjesson
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2017
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 75×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1080/1369183X.2017.1300228
- Akses
- Open Access ✓