Attracting International Students to a Developing Asian Country: Push-Pull Factors for a Niche Market, the Case of a Vietnamese Higher Education Institution

Autor/inn/en	Kim Khanh, Mai Thi; Ngoc, Chau Huy
Titel	Attracting International Students to a Developing Asian Country: Push-Pull Factors for a Niche Market, the Case of a Vietnamese Higher Education Institution
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 21 (2023) 4, S.445-464 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kim Khanh, Mai Thi) ORCID (Ngoc, Chau Huy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1177/14782103221134186
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Student Recruitment; Decision Making; Student Attitudes; Study Abroad; Foreign Countries; Student Mobility; Guidelines; Higher Education; Developing Nations; Reputation; Institutional Characteristics; COVID-19; Pandemics; Student Characteristics; International Education; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Schülerverhalten; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Ausland; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Richtlinien; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Internationale Erziehung
Abstract	Student mobility has become a global phenomenon with an upward trend in the past two decades, and Asian countries are becoming important receiving countries. Such phenomenon has been increasingly investigated producing a growing body of literature on Asia-bound international student mobility. However, while some countries stand in the spotlight of international student scholarship, other lesser known destinations remain underrepresented. This article provides an exploratory effort to examine factors that attract international students to Vietnam, a country which has not been visible on international student mobility landscape as a receiving destination. The study employs push-pull factors framework and a mixed methods approach combining qualitative and quantitative methods (n = 94) to examine the push-pull factors that influence the decision of international students to choose Vietnam as the destination country and a Vietnamese higher education institution as host institution. Research findings show that major push factors include aspirations for new experiences, home country economic outlook and pessimistic job prospects at home. Regarding pull factors, at national level, bright economic prospect is the top pull factor attracting international students to a developing country like Vietnam, and at institutional level, the university's reputation and its Vietnamese Studies and language programmes are the most important pull factors attracting international students to the university to study. Based on the research results, recommendations are proposed for higher education institutions in Vietnam and other developing Asian countries to attract international students with implications against the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01