The Homogenizing and Diversifying Effects of Migration Policy in the Internationalization of Higher Education

Autor/in	Jacobs, Elizabeth
Titel	The Homogenizing and Diversifying Effects of Migration Policy in the Internationalization of Higher Education
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 83 (2022) 2, S.339-355 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jacobs, Elizabeth)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-020-00658-4
Schlagwörter	International Education; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Public Policy; Educational Attainment; Foreign Students; Cross Cultural Studies; Universities; Decision Making; Majors (Students); Student Mobility; Study Abroad; Student Attitudes; Policy Analysis; Indians; Comparative Education; Foreign Countries; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; University; Universität; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Schülerverhalten; Politikfeldanalyse; Inder; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Ausland; USA
Abstract	Amid internationalizing shifts in higher education, universities around the world are simultaneously becoming more integrated and more disparate. This paper examines the role of immigration policy in producing convergent and divergent educational attainment among international and domestic students at Indian and US universities and shows that student and work visas influence international students' decisions about where to study, what to study, and how much education to pursue. Using original data sources and a transnational data collection strategy, this study develops new approaches to measuring international student mobility and offers a window into transnational phenomena not easily observable in other datasets. An analysis of 7177 education histories and 105 in-depth interviews with international students, university administrators, and immigration lawyers shows that migration policy contributes to the growth of international student enrollment and multinational educations but also creates asymmetrical student flows and funnels international students into certain fields of study. The results of this study indicate that migration policies simultaneously contribute to integration and differentiation between the US and Indian university systems. The findings show that immigration policies play an important role in regulating the flow and nature of international student migration streams and lead to simultaneous convergence and divergence in the educational attainment and field of study between Indian international students enrolled in US universities and their domestically educated peers in India. Through an empirical case, this paper develops a conceptual bridge between two dominant frameworks on internationalization and theorizes the central role of migration policy in shaping processes of higher education internationalization. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01