Public Diplomacy and Social Impact of Australian Student Mobility to the Indo-Pacific: Host Countries' Perspectives on Hosting New Colombo Plan Students

Autor/inn/en	Tran, Ly Thi; Bui, Huyen
Titel	Public Diplomacy and Social Impact of Australian Student Mobility to the Indo-Pacific: Host Countries' Perspectives on Hosting New Colombo Plan Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 25 (2021) 4, S.425-442 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tran, Ly Thi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315320984833
Schlagwörter	Student Mobility; Study Abroad; Foreign Countries; International Education; Higher Education; Student Attitudes; Outcomes of Education; Cultural Awareness; Foreign Policy; Organizations (Groups); Industry; Small Businesses; Nongovernmental Organizations; Cross Cultural Studies; Strategic Planning; International Relations; Human Resources; School Business Relationship; Partnerships in Education; Peer Relationship; College Students; Australia; Vietnam; China; Malaysia; Indonesia; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Ausland; Internationale Erziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schülerverhalten; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Außenpolitik; Industrie; Kleingewerbe; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Internationale Beziehungen; Humankapital; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Peer-Beziehungen; Collegestudent; Australien; Indonesien
Abstract	Learning abroad is a primary dimension of internationalization of higher education, but little is known about the social impact of learning abroad. While a significant body of the literature in international education has examined learning abroad from the student and academic perspectives, how host communities, especially in the Indo-Pacific, perceive the social impact of hosting students from an Anglophone country like Australia is underresearched. This study addresses this critical gap in the literature by exploring the social impact of Australian students' learning in the Indo-Pacific from the host perspective. This article emerges from an ongoing study on Australian students' learning in the Indo-Pacific via the New Colombo Plan (NCP), the Australian government's signature initiative of student mobility and public diplomacy. It focuses on data from 32 interviews with host organizations, including industry firms, small businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and education institutions, in China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The study shows that not only does the Australian government position the NCP as a strategic public diplomacy tool to build lasting relationships with Indo-Pacific countries, but receiving countries also view the NCP as a catalyst that facilitates the execution of their international agenda. The study identifies four main forms of social impact associated with Australian students' learning abroad in the Indo-Pacific, perceived by the host communities: (1) strengthening bilateral and international ties; (2) fostering student-to-student, university-to-industry, and university-to-university partnerships; (3) strengthening community engagement through service-learning; and (4) enriching host organization's training capacity, human resources, and awareness of their own values. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01