{"title":"Una Cruzada por la Internacionalización de la Educación Superior en los Países de Habla Hispana.","authors":"Santiago Castiello Gutiérrez, Elena De Prada Creo","doi":"10.32674/jis.v13is1.6591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v13is1.6591","url":null,"abstract":"En un importante esfuerzo por seguir posicionando el español como idioma científico, la revista Journal of International Students (JIS), dedica por primera vez un número completo a divulgar artículos en lengua española. En tan solo poco más de 10 años, JIS se ha posicionado en el primer cuartil (Q1) de los índices científicos, y actualmente ocupa la décima posición a nivel mundial entre las revistas con mayor impacto en el área de educación superior de acuerdo al índice de Google Scholar. Sin embargo, más impresionante que sus métricas, es la misión de la revista por democratizar el conocimiento y la investigación sobre, con, y desde diferentes latitudes, en especial, en el mal llamado Sur Global. Por lo tanto, este número especial utiliza el español como lengua de difusión de trabajos de investigación que tratan diversos aspectos del proceso de internacionalización de la educación en los distintos países de habla hispana.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140261928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcos Álvarez-Díaz, Elena De Prada, Mercedes Mareque
{"title":"Análisis de los flujos y de los determinantes de la movilidad internacional de estudiantes Erasmus+","authors":"Marcos Álvarez-Díaz, Elena De Prada, Mercedes Mareque","doi":"10.32674/jis.v13is1.6593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v13is1.6593","url":null,"abstract":"Los objetivos de este estudio se centran en investigar tres aspectos claves para comprender la magnitud, importancia y las causas de la movilidad de los estudiantes adscritos al programa Erasmus+: la descripción de los flujos de estudiantes, la definición y el cálculo de los coeficientes de atracción y el análisis de los factores más importantes que determinan el movimiento de los estudiantes en el contexto español. Para la explicación de estos flujos se construye un modelo econométrico que contempla factores socioeconómicos, geográficos, educativos y demográficos. Los resultados confirman el importante impacto de factores como la distancia, insularidad y vecindad, los vínculos culturales, las infraestructuras, la calidad académica, el idioma y la población universitaria en origen y destino, contribuyendo a explicar el liderazgo español como destino Erasmus. Utilizar como referentes estos factores puede ayudar a planificar las estrategias adecuadas, mejorar los intercambios internacionales y verificar la equidad de las asignaciones económicas.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140263206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internacionalización con Impacto Social","authors":"Carolina Franco-Arroyave, Catalina Cerquera-Arbeláez","doi":"10.32674/jis.v13is1.6594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v13is1.6594","url":null,"abstract":"Este artículo presenta el estudio de caso de Community Voluntariado TdeA como una estrategia de internacionalización para la sociedad basada en el aprendizaje-servicio en una Institución de Educación Superior en Colombia. Describe detalladamente las acciones en cada una de las etapas en las que se desarrolla este proyecto incluyendo la motivación, diagnóstico, planeación, ejecución y cierre. Así mismo, presenta la fundamentación de la iniciativa desde la identidad institucional y el objetivo de su proceso de internacionalización de formar ciudadanos globales, conscientes y capaces de tomar acciones para la transformación de sus comunidades. Iniciativas como Community Voluntariado TdeA requieren de una planeación intencional que garantice la sostenibilidad y la construcción de una relación de largo plazo con la comunidad, entendiendo que estas son estrategias de empoderamiento a estudiantes y miembros de la comunidad a través del desarrollo de competencias específicas.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140261890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The transitional experiences of an international student facing chronic physical illness","authors":"Yaone Duduetsang Matsagopane","doi":"10.32674/jis.v15i1.5396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v15i1.5396","url":null,"abstract":"This article illuminates the author’s transitional experiences during a chronic physical illness in China. Although many studies have considered patients’ chronic physical illnesses, few have considered international students’ experiences of chronic physical illness by means of the narrative approach. The author examines her chronic physical illness journey based on transitional experience and narrative identity theory. The narrative indicates a sense of identity, agency, and adaptation to change, and the exploration of such experiences could significantly contribute to the literature on students’ chronic physical health from a student’s perspective.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139255783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Canadian Universities in the Pandemic","authors":"Dale Kirby","doi":"10.32674/jis.v15i1.5135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v15i1.5135","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on university enrollments around the world and caused significant challenges for students. This study examined how Canadian universities responded to the financial impacts of the pandemic on international and domestic students and how these responses differed. This work involved the identification and collection of public statements issued by selected Canadian universities during the first two years of the pandemic. This consisted of about 14,000 items posted on university public websites. Under the broad framework of the ecological theory of inclusion, an emergent theme content analysis was used to examine and organize data. This analysis confirmed that there was far less financial assistance provided to international students, and the amount of assistance provided to them was significantly disproportionate to the overall revenues generated by their enrollment at Canadian institutions.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139259633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Education in Exploitation","authors":"Helen Liu","doi":"10.32674/jis.v15i1.5799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v15i1.5799","url":null,"abstract":"Canada’s international education system is highly unregulated, with many recruitment agencies and homestay services taking agency in providing these services to students, leaving them vulnerable and open to exploitation. Furthermore, many school boards often do not take responsibility in arranging these services for international students, resulting in a lack of accountability that can further contribute to a cycle of deceit and students navigating this process with limited knowledge or oversight. Utilizing international student security (ISS), this article draws on interviews with six Canadian secondary school teachers from and two Chinese international secondary school students all located in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to reveal the profitability of international students, and the exploitative nature of international student services providers like recruitment agencies and homestay companies. Ultimately, the article identifies responsible key stakeholders and beneficial institutional and policy improvements to better regulate international education and protect these vulnerable international youth.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135539367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Which Factors Drive Major Change and University Dropout? An Analysis on International Degree-Seeking Students at German Universities","authors":"Theresa Thies, Susanne Falk","doi":"10.32674/jis.v15i1.5434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v15i1.5434","url":null,"abstract":"Germany is a non-English speaking country with a large and growing number of incoming international degree-seeking students. However, their estimated dropout rates are high. This study aims to investigate whether specific challenges faced by international students (e.g., social and academic integration, language learning, financial situation, residence-permit related regulations) are associated with major change and university dropout. The discrete-time competing risk analyses of the first three semesters of an online panel survey of international students in Germany (International Student Survey; N = 3,660) show that satisfaction with the degree program’s content decreases the risk of major change and university dropout. Moreover, the nationality and the associated temporary or permanent residence permit are considered in the students’ educational decisions. Based on the results, we recommend improving the match between students’ interest and their fields of study. Measures to prevent international students from dropping out must thus begin before they start their studies.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136023337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regionalization and Higher Education Student Mobility in East Africa: Examination of Opportunities and Challenges from the Ugandan Context","authors":"Tibelius Amutuhaire","doi":"10.32674/jis.v14i4.5976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i4.5976","url":null,"abstract":"There is an increasing trend toward regionalization as higher education adapts to openness and globalization. In response, East African countries formed networks and partnerships that strengthened business, higher education, student and staff mobility, and research. This is because regionalization is embedded in East Africa's economy, politics, culture, and social norms. In addition, regionalization is influenced by internationalization and globalization. It promises development opportunities, although challenges are inevitable. This paper examines the contributions of regional student mobility to East Africa's development. We use neoliberal and world systems theories to illuminate the advantages and disadvantages of regionalizing higher education and explain how partner states can maximize opportunities and minimize challenges. Data was collected through convenience sampling of two hundred international students and two staff members in international students' offices. Data analysis revealed that the regionalization of East African higher education reflects historical power relations; it has benefits though founded on inequalities.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135804758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining Service Learning as an Approach to Intensify International Students’ Multicultural Understanding","authors":"Faizah Idrus, Syakirah Halim, A.","doi":"10.32674/jis.v15i1.5499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v15i1.5499","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this investigation was to identify, examine, and analyse the opinions of four international postgraduate students who embarked on a service-learning project required by the course taken in Semester 2, 2021/2022. It included engaging in community service, connection to their academic endeavours, reporting the outcomes, critical reflection, and reciprocity. Choral speaking activities were selected as the tool for their engagement with children in the community. The qualitative approach was chosen as the research design, employing in-depth semi-structured interviews. The findings pointed to the beneficial aspects of service-learning which include: (1) enhances multicultural understanding; (2) improves civic involvement; (3) acknowledges that academic work has real-world importance; and (4) promotes language learning as well as reciprocity, that need to be improved.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135804756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Does it Mean to ‘Belong’?:","authors":"Dania Mohamad, Keenan Daniel Manning","doi":"10.32674/jis.v15i1.5783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v15i1.5783","url":null,"abstract":"Following the gradual post-COVID-19 return of international student flows, it is important to examine how higher education institutions and international students are reacting to their new environment and how they relate to each other. Central to this relationship is the concept of ‘belonging’; what it means for international students, as newcomers and temporary residents in their host environment, to feel as if they belong. To address this question, and as a springboard from which further research into the topic can be undertaken, we examined the question of ‘belonging’ within contemporary academic literature. We examined a broad range of literature to determine the key findings, as well as gaps in the implications for theory and practice. Our findings indicate that ‘belonging’ is seldom clearly defined in the scholarly research. We also found that a proactive approach to student integration was the most common thread across the studies examined.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135857988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}