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Education Agent Standards in Australia and New Zealand -- Government's Role in Agent-Based International Student Recruitment
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Nikula, Pii-Tuulia – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Australia and New Zealand have enacted legislation to protect international students' rights and the long-term sustainability of their export education sectors. A pivotal, but under-researched, sub-domain of these legislative frameworks is education agent-based international student recruitment. The principal-agent relationships between…
Descriptors: Government Role, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Recruitment
Monitoring of Education Agents Engaged in International Student Recruitment: Perspectives from Agency Theory
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Nikula, Pii-Tuulia; Kivistö, Jussi – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2020
This article examines the monitoring of third-party education agents employed in international student recruitment. Agency theory identifies comprehensive monitoring as one way to ensure that agents work in the principal's best interest. By analyzing best practice guidelines, this article investigates the monitoring mechanisms proposed for…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Recruitment, Best Practices, Guidelines