Israeli College Students' Perceptions of Internationalisation

Autor/inn/en	Yemini, Miri; Holzmann, Vered; Fadilla, Dalia; Natur, Nazeh; Stavans, Anat
Titel	Israeli College Students' Perceptions of Internationalisation
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 24 (2014) 3, S.304-323 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2014.950493
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; International Education; Student Role; Reputation; Social Capital; Cultural Capital; College Graduates; Student Attitudes; Language Proficiency; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Parent Background; Educational Background; Travel; Cultural Awareness; Surveys; Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Questionnaires; Semitic Languages; Institutional Characteristics; Statistical Analysis; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Internationale Erziehung; Sozialkapital; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Schülerverhalten; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Elternhaus; Vorbildung; Travelling; Reisen; Reise; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis; Fragebogen; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	In the last two decades, higher education institutions have invested significant resources to internationalise, due to economic, political, academic and cultural pressures. Students play a dual role in this process: as customers, selecting institutions based on respective reputations (including the international dimension) and as outputs of institutional internationalisation processes aiming to produce internationally oriented graduates. Universities aspire towards integration of international, global and intercultural dimensions as main aims of higher education, reflecting the upsurging prominence of cosmopolitan capital among their future graduates. Indeed, cosmopolitanism is increasingly considered desirable on individual and institutional levels. Using data from a student survey (n = 1650) gathered at seven geographically and otherwise diverse colleges in Israel, this paper investigates Israeli college students' perceptions of internationalisation and estimation of their institutions' internationalisation activities. Parents' education, previous experiences abroad, proficiency in English and institutional efforts to internationalise were found to positively impact students' perceptions of on-campus internationalisation initiatives and characteristics. Such differences were also found to relate to the university's general status and context. This paper presents the findings of the survey and discusses possible implications for policy and practice at institutional and national levels. (As Provided).
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