The Geographies of International Student Mobility Spaces, Places and Decision-Making /

• Main Author: Beech, Suzanne E. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Human geography.; Emigration and immigration.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; Human Geography.; Migration.; Sociology of Education.

This book offers critical insights into the geographies of the international student higher education experience from initial recruitment, through to the plethora of personal factors which influence their decisions to become mobile and experiences when abroad. From the student perspective these incl...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction - Conceptualising the International Student
• Chapter 2: Recruiting Students - Negotiating Policy
• Chapter 3: Recruiting Students - Developing Migration Industries
• Chapter 4: Why Study Overseas? Identifying Instrumental Factors in Student Mobility
• Chapter 5: Reputation, Rankings and the Russell Group - What Makes an Excellent University?
• Chapter 6: Friendship and Kinship - Driving Mobility
• Chapter 7: Understanding Place - Imaginative Geographies and International Student Mobility
• Chapter 8: Writing Biographies, Travel and a Multicultural Experience?
• Chapter 9: Conclusion - Developing a Theoretical Framework of International Student Mobility.