Recruiting International Students in Higher Education Representations and Rationales in British Policy /

• Main Author: Lomer, Sylvie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Education and state.; International and Comparative Education.; Higher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.; Education Policy.

This book offers a comprehensive overview and critical analysis of the UK’s policy on recruiting international students. In a global context of international education policy, it examines changes from New Labour policies under Tony Blair’s Prime Minister’s Initiative, to the more recent Coalition an...

Table of Contents:

• PART I
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. International Higher Education Discourses
• Chapter 3. International Student Policy in the UK
• Chapter 4. Putting Discourse Theory into Practice
• PART II
• Chapter 5. Influence: A Political Rationale and International Alumni as Ambassadors
• Chapter 6. Reputation: A Hybrid Educational-Commercial Rationale and Students as Consumers
• Chapter 7. Income: An Economic Rationale and International Students as Economic Contributors
• Chapter 98 Immigration: A Rationale Against International Student Recruitment
• Chapter 9. Conclusion.