International Student Mobility and Tertiary Education Capacity in Africa

The objective of the paper is to highlight the need of adjusting the skills of tertiary education graduates to the requirements of the present global world, which entails the idea that higher education should be aimed at developing abilities that will facilitate communicating within and across a variety of communities, ethnicities and cultures. In the paper it is postulated that tertiary education graduates should be equipped, inter alia, with the skill of transcomunicating based on the idea of equality of cultures and languages. Due attention is paid to the role of study abroad programmes in the aforementioned process. Accordingly, the research part of the paper delves into the influence of the Erasmus+ mobility on the development of transcommunication among tertiary education students and rests on the analysis of the material gathered during interviews with learners who participated in the international student mobility conducted within The Erasmus+ Framework. The research results point to the key role of experiential learning held in territorial contexts in the process of developing the skill of transcommunicating among the research participants.

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International student mobility and foreign students in tertiary education (2013)

Education at a Glance 2015 - Education at a Glance ◽

10.1787/eag-2015-table212-en ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Foreign Students ◽

International Student ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Student Mobility ◽

International Student Mobility

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Fractal inequality: A social network analysis of global and regional international student mobility

Research in Comparative and International Education ◽

10.1177/1745499917712616 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 243-268 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Ashley Macrander

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Social Network Analysis ◽

Network Analysis ◽

International Student ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Student Mobility ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Regional Networks ◽

International Student Mobility ◽

The Pacific

Literature on global international student mobility (ISM) highlights the uneven nature of student flows – from the developing to the developed world – however, studies have yet to address whether this pattern is replicated within expanding regional networks. Utilizing social network analysis, UNESCO ISM data, and World Bank income classifications, this paper examines economic inequality in ISM from 2008–2012 globally and within the Southern African Development Community, the European Higher Education Area, the Union of South American Nations, and University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific. Findings reaffirm previous global analyses which indicate that higher-income countries play a preeminent role as receivers; whereas, lower-income countries function primarily as source nations. This study demonstrates that this pattern is replicated fractally within the four regional networks as well. Globally and regionally, economically developed countries comprise the core of the world-system in tertiary education while less-developed nations are relegated to peripheral status.

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