Background: Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities tend to engage in low levels of physical activity, which puts them at risk for chronic health conditions, poor balance and gait difficulties. Nordic walking could improve gait, balance, strength, endurance and respiratory function while enjoying nature. Method: Thirty-four…

Research demonstrates "student mobility," or students transferring schools, significantly affects student academic outcomes, making it a critical concern for policymakers and practitioners. Within-school-year transfers, in particular, often reflect sudden, unexpected circumstances. However, research on the prevalence, risk factors, and…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential contribution of cross-border vocational education and training (VET) exchange partnerships within the context of tandem exchanges between VET institutions in the Rhine-Waal Euregio region in the Netherlands and Germany. These tandem exchanges offer learners and teachers in VET the…

This study examines the movement of students in suburban Detroit through open enrollment, or inter-district school choice. We examine whether absolute levels and changes in the district enrollment of Black, economically disadvantaged, and nonresident students are perceived as racial threats by suburban families, leading them to exit their local…

While the academic diaspora can serve as a facilitator of internationalisation for higher education institutions (HEIs) in low- and medium-income countries, anecdotal evidence on the engagement of the academic diaspora indicates that it is temporary, superficial and of little impact on the quality of research and educational programmes; it has…

This report contains the testimony of Preston Cooper, a senior fellow focusing on the economics of higher education at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), to the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies concerning the federal role in postsecondary education, and the…

Research is an integral part of the UCL-led National Professional Qualification (NPQ) programmes. This is the fourth report in a series of research publications from the UCL Centre for Educational Leadership-led longitudinal study "The Impact of the Early Career Framework and NPQ Programmes on the Work Engagement, Wellbeing and Retention of…

Based on the findings of the China General Social Survey, this study aims to analyze the trend of the intergenerational mobility in China since the implementation of the reform and opening-up policy by evaluating the absolute and relative mobility rates through the mobility table. The intergenerational mobility level in China is relatively high…

Drawing on the concept of hypermobility, the paper examines a case of study-abroad mobility from a governmentality perspective. Based on a critical analysis of policy texts and interviews with Irish students who have taken part in the Erasmus exchange programme, it argues that under the conditions of neoliberal globalisation, the normalisation of…

This research examined how perceived economic mobility (PEM) relates to domain-specific behaviors of financial management, specifically cash management, credit management, and savings and investment, for a sample of 1,245 young adults age 18-34. Using data collected by an online survey administration organization, research results indicated a…

The crisis surrounding COVID-19 has unsettled some of the key assumptions underlying the dominant understanding of internationalization in Australian higher education. In this paper, I discuss how Australian universities have talked about their recovery from the commercial turbulence, and what this reveals about the hegemonic construction of…

In 2014, Canada released its first national International Education Strategy, and in 2019 -- its second. This paper argues that emergence of a national document strategizing Canada's education selling and inevitably regulating international student mobility, with strictly provincial regulation of the sector, would not be possible without bottom-up…

Although heralded as equalizers and engines of social mobility, higher education's philosophical roots demonstrate that inequity is hardwired and an inevitable result. College and university administrators, faculty, and the general public must rethink what the core issues are and focus on equity and justice. Deep systemic and institutional…

"Understanding Student Mobility in Europe" interprets student mobility in European higher education through an active dialogue between disciplines, voices and variables of interest. Providing the conceptual, methodological, pedagogical and empirical foundations, this book advances readers' understanding of the student exchange…

Students from Mainland China are the largest international group in both United States and Canada, and their numbers have grown substantially. The influx of Chinese students has contributed to American and Canadian higher education institutions academically, financially, and culturally. However, due to rapid changes of social, cultural and…