International students and Ukrainian universities: dilemmas of agency and change

IF 1.4 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

International Studies in Sociology of Education Pub Date : 2021-11-14 DOI:10.1080/09620214.2021.1995777

A. Oleksiyenko, Ielyzaveta Shchepetylnykova

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper examines the agency of international students in the context of university transformations in post-Soviet Ukraine. Conflict-driven political, social and economic changes in the country have laid the groundwork for the redesign of institutional policies related to the internationalization of Ukraine’s higher education. However, it is not clear to what extent local universities have managed to engage the creative power and agency of international students in these transformations. By examining how international students’ agency is constructed at 12 public universities, and triangulating comparative findings with data from the Ukrainian State Centre for International Education at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and from publicly available sources including social media, this study delves into the complexities of student agency development in the postcolonial discourses at Ukrainian universities. On a theoretical level, this paper enriches the knowledge base on tensions between institutional and human agencies in international higher learning.

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国际学生与乌克兰大学:代理与变革的困境

摘要本文研究了后苏联乌克兰大学转型背景下的国际学生代理问题。冲突导致的政治、社会和经济变革为重新设计与乌克兰高等教育国际化有关的体制政策奠定了基础。然而，目前尚不清楚，在这些转变中，当地大学在多大程度上成功地利用了国际学生的创造力和能动性。通过研究12所公立大学的国际学生代理机构是如何构建的，并将对比结果与乌克兰教育和科学部乌克兰国家国际教育中心的数据以及包括社交媒体在内的公开来源进行三角分析，本研究深入探讨了乌克兰大学后殖民话语中学生代理机构发展的复杂性。在理论层面上，本文丰富了国际高等教育中制度机构与人的机构之间紧张关系的知识基础。

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International Studies in Sociology of Education SOCIOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： International Studies in Sociology of Education is an international journal and publishes papers in the sociology of education which critically engage with theoretical and empirical issues, drawn from as wide a range of perspectives as possible. It aims to move debates forward. The journal is international in outlook and readership and receives papers from around the world. The journal publishes four issues a year; the first three are devoted to a particular theme while the fourth is an "open" issue.