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Paul M. Garton; Adam Grimm; Sehee Kim – New Directions for Higher Education, 2023
Traditional ecological models are promising for making sense of international student experiences, but the assumed monolithic nature of the structuring systems is inadequate for explaining development that occurs across multiple systems. We present and expand a model called the Spanning Systems Model that recognizes multiple ecologies. The model…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Ecology, Models, Student Experience
Shahrokh Nikou; Monika Luukkonen – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: Due to high demand for international talents and skilful workforces, many countries around the world, especially the ageing populations are now looking for new ways and strategies to attract more international talent. Drawing on push-pull factor theory, integrated with theory of reasoned action (TRA), this research examines international…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, School Holding Power, Models, Student Mobility
Carolyn McNicholas; Rita Marcella – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2024
This paper explores the decision-making process of international non-EU postgraduates when choosing a qualification from a UK business school and proposes a new model which reflects the iterative, cyclical and continuous nature of the process. The degree of rigour and rationality employed in decision-making was often limited and influenced by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Foreign Students, Graduate Students
Keyu Zhai; Kang Cao – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2025
Although there is an abundance of research on international students' study and life experiences in the receiving countries and their post-study labour market outcomes in the sending countries, the motivations to study in a specific country have rarely been studied. Based on the theoretically grounded analysis, this article aims to explore the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Foreign Students, Student Mobility
Wang, Lu – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study expands understanding of Chinese international undergraduate students' stay inclinations in the United States. It analyzed a sample of 247 Chinese undergraduate students from a public Midwestern research university during Spring 2017. This study compared the differences in stay inclinations between Chinese undergraduate students who…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Universities, Foreign Students, Comparative Analysis
Mahmoud, Mahmoud Abdulai; Oppong, Elizabeth; Twimasie, Daniel; Husseini, Mohammed Muniru; Kastner, Adelaide Naa Amerley; Oppong, Moses – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2020
This study seeks to examine the influence of the cultural elements on international students' country choice. It also examines whether individual values moderate the influence of cultural elements on the country choice of international students. Drawing upon a sample size of 223, the data was analysed using structural equation modelling technique.…
Descriptors: Standards, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, Decision Making
Ahmad, Syed Zamberi; Hussain, Matloub – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
The mobility of African students beyond national territories has become common worldwide. However, the underlying reasons motivating students to leave their countries of origin in pursuit of higher education in other developing nations and why these factors are important have not been fully explored. This study attempts to explore why and how…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Foreign Countries, College Choice
Branco Oliveira, Diana; Soares, Ana Maria – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
Attracting international students is increasingly important for higher education institutions. In order to contribute to the understanding of how international students choose a university, we conducted a qualitative study in a public university in the north of Portugal. Results show that students seek an international experience mainly for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Foreign Students, Decision Making
Ugwu, Dorothy N.; Adamuti-Trache, Maria – Journal of International Students, 2017
This study examines the post-graduation plans of international science and engineering doctoral students at a public research-intensive university, and the extent to which graduate school experiences influence post-graduation plans. The study is grounded in Tinto's Integration Model as well as Berry's Acculturation Model. Study findings highlight…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Doctoral Programs, Research Universities
Teng, Shasha; Khong, Kok Wei; Chong, Alain Yee Loong – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2015
Few studies have been conducted to identify what kinds of online information are provided by institutions and needed by international students in social media. This study aims to identify critical constructs of study abroad information (SAI) that can generate positive attitudes toward the university. Specifically, this study attempts to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Foreign Students, College Students
Lee, Cheng-Fei – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2014
Previous studies on the field of education abroad have mainly focused on the factors influencing the mobility of international students from developing to developed countries and very few have been conducted to investigate the factors influencing the flow of international students to the Asia Pacific region. As a piece of country-specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Study Abroad, Decision Making
Schartner, Alina; Young, Tony Johnstone – European Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Despite a burgeoning body of empirical research on "the international student experience", the area remains under-theorized. The literature to date lacks a guiding conceptual model that captures the adjustment and adaptation trajectories of this unique, growing, and important sojourner group. In this paper, we therefore put forward a…
Descriptors: Models, Student Adjustment, Foreign Students, Heuristics
Sawaki, Yasuyo; Sinharay, Sandip – ETS Research Report Series, 2013
This study investigates the value of reporting the reading, listening, speaking, and writing section scores for the "TOEFL iBT"® test, focusing on 4 related aspects of the psychometric quality of the TOEFL iBT section scores: reliability of the section scores, dimensionality of the test, presence of distinct score profiles, and the…
Descriptors: Scores, Computer Assisted Testing, Factor Analysis, Correlation
Gatfield, Terry; Larmar, Stephen – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2008
Higher education ranks as Australia's sixth largest export sector, making a financial contribution of over $9 billion to the economy in 2004-2005. Surveys of potential students and projections by IDP-Education Australia on marketing higher education in 2025 are that the overseas student intake will rise by 14% to 850,000, earning in export trade…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad
Cubillo, Jose Maria; Sanchez, Joaquin; Cervino, Julio – International Journal of Educational Management, 2006
Purpose--The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical model that integrates the different groups of factors which influence the decision-making process of international students, analysing different dimensions of this process and explaining those factors which determine students' choice. Design/methodology/approach--A hypothetical model…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Choice, Predictor Variables, Intention
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