The Social and Economic Security of International Students: A New Zealand Study

Autor/inn/en	Sawir, Erlenawati; Marginson, Simon; Nyland, Chris; Ramia, Gaby; Rawlings-Sanaei, Felicity
Titel	The Social and Economic Security of International Students: A New Zealand Study
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 22 (2009) 4, S.461-482 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/hep.2009.4
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Student Problems; Civil Rights; International Education; Social Integration; Safety; Consumer Education; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Student Personnel Services; Student Needs; Economics; Educational Principles; College Environment; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; College Students; Federal Regulation; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienproblem; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Internationale Erziehung; Soziale Integration; Sicherheit; Konsumerziehung; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Bildungsprinzip; Hochschulumwelt; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Collegestudent; Bundeskompetenz; Neuseeland
Abstract	International education has generated complex problems of governance. As well as being beneficiaries of educational services and consumers of a product, international students are also migrants, workers and beings with civil rights. Arguably, the regulation of international student security as consumer protection fails to recognize this full range of human rights. The research consisted of 70 semi-structured interviews with international students at two institutions in New Zealand, which has devised a unique consumer protection regime embodied in the New Zealand Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students. Student problems in relation to language difficulties, finances, accommodation, personal safety and freedom from discrimination, and social integration are discussed. The study finds that support services do not fully cater for the needs of international students nor accord them the full range of potential rights. The Code covers some but not all aspects of student security; and the fact that international students know little about the Code constrains its efficacy as a regulatory framework. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10