This article analyses the internationalisation of higher education through the lens of student mobility, by exploring how mobility is realised in contexts that are shaped by different needs, purposes and actors. Drawing on interview data, this article explores perceptions and practices of student mobility as understood and described by a range of…

The current situation on the global education market bears the need for new approaches to learning Russian as a foreign language. The innovation concerns both professors and students' activity. The success in comprehension of scientific language is largely dependent on students' motivation to study the vocation-related language. The article covers…

Internationalisation is a major trend in higher education worldwide. Yet, little evidence is given on the net impact of international students on national economies. This study addresses this gap by estimating the benefits against the costs driven by international students in Belgium and its Flemish region in particular. Using a unique combination…

This paper explores factors that influenced the quality of stay of Chinese-speaking mobile students in France, as the living experience abroad is one of the most-cited difficulties for international students. For practicality, we sieve through previous researches to identify 20 factors (grouped into 4 Dimensions: Personal Dimension Teacher's…

The increase in international student mobility raises questions of how many international students choose to stay in their host country and the reasons why some stay and others leave. This study examines factors affecting international students to stay in Finland three years after graduation. Tracking 13 (years) graduating cohorts across national…

More and more European higher education students decide to take part in international student mobility (ISM). However, not much is known about the actual benefits of studying abroad. This paper assesses UK and Italian students' returns from ISM. Three research questions are addressed. First, does international student mobility increase graduates'…

Contrary to the situation before the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic has influenced human's well-being in unprecedented ways, especially on international student's mental health across the world. The purpose of this study is to explore international student's research trend in terms of mental health and counseling. To this end, with literary…

Because many international students of color report feeling devalued by host peers, host peers' responses to students from different racial/ethnic groups warrant empirical study. Participants were White, non-Latinx undergraduates (N = 228) who were randomly assigned to one of four conditions. Specifically, participants read about a prospective…

Multi-level factors affecting immediate and delayed concept recall in concept mapping were examined across 716 concepts nested within 57 concept maps from adult learners. At the concept level, we examined a concept's serial positioning, autobiographical elaboration (AE), and elaborative encoding. At the map level, we examined the compositional…

America continues as the favorite destination for international students seeking higher education, and the international student population contributes 5.5% to the total number of students in higher education in the United States. Inclusive, international students contribute over $42 billion to the U.S economy and though this seems substantial,…

The action research was inspired by the current trend of international student enrollment in the U.S. Through a mixed-methods approach, the action research explored the effective ways for a higher education institution in the U.S. to utilize WeChat service account as a marketing and communication tool to influence the behavioral intentions of…

The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive study was to learn how Muslim international students acculturating to campus life described how on-campus support services influenced their acculturation process in a university located in the Southwestern United States. The conceptual framework for this study was Berry's Model of Acculturation. There…

Empirical research on international student migrants has sometimes homogenised this group, framing it as predominantly made up of privileged members of the global middle-class. This has led to calls to acknowledge and address the precarity faced by international students in their respective host countries more comprehensively. This study aims to…

This exploratory study attempts to understand how bilingual instruction can be incorporated effectively in a non-English speaking higher education context by examining the effectiveness of bilingual Korean instruction for Chinese international students at a South Korean university. Using quantitative and qualitative data sources consisting of an…

Background/purpose: While the existing literature explores the internalization of higher education, a significant gap remains in comprehending the motivations behind international students choosing Portuguese higher education. This study aims to address this gap by examining the motivations of a specific group within Portuguese universities:…