How Satisfied Are International Students? The Role of Town, Gown and Motivations

Autor/inn/en	Huisman, Jeroen; Vlegels, Jef; Daenekindt, Stijn; Seeber, Marco; Laufer, Melissa
Titel	How Satisfied Are International Students? The Role of Town, Gown and Motivations
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 52 (2022) 8, S.1332-1350 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Laufer, Melissa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2020.1867826
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Student Attitudes; Housing; Life Style; Foreign Countries; Educational Experience; Student Motivation; Prediction; Financial Needs; Religion; Cultural Differences; Educational Development; Student Characteristics; Individual Characteristics; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Unterkunft; Lebensstil; Ausland; Bildungserfahrung; Schulische Motivation; Vorhersage; Kultureller Unterschied; Bildungsentwicklung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Belgien
Abstract	A growing literature addresses the experiences of international students in higher education. However, limited attention has been paid to how satisfied international students are with their educational experience (gown) and their non-educational experiences related to, e.g. culture, transportation, administrative matters and housing (town). This paper presents findings from a study on 392 international students that have spent a period in one of the higher education institutions located in the city of Ghent, Belgium. We explore which socio-demographic variables and students' motivations predict their overall satisfaction and satisfaction regarding specific dimensions: housing, culture/lifestyle, education and administration. The findings illustrate that financial security and academic motivation positively predict general satisfaction as well as all or most of the four specific dimensions of satisfaction. Socio-demographic variables hardly play a role, apart from religion and the difference between the home and host country's level of educational development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01