基本説明
The authors argue that the formal-informal relationship is central to understanding student welfare. The relationship between national and global regulations is equally important.
Full Description
Cross-border education is a fast growing and diverse global market, but little is known about how international students actually live. Using international and cross-country comparative analysis, this book explores how governments influence international student welfare, and how students shape their own opportunities.
As well as formal regulation by government, 'informal regulation' through students' family, friendship and co-student networks proves vital to the overseas experience. Two case study countries - Australia and New Zealand - are presented and compared in detail. These are placed in the global regulatory and market contexts, with lessons for similar exporter countries drawn.
Regulating international students' wellbeing will be of interest to international students, student representative bodies, education policy makers and administrators, as well as civil servants and policy makers in international organisations. Students and researchers of international and comparative social policy will be drawn into its focus on a little understood but vulnerable global population.
Contents
Introduction: Global students and their discontents;
Governing globalisation? National regulation and international student welfare;
Fast growing, diverse: Mapping the business of international education;
'There's gold in them thar students!' Australia and New Zealand in the global market;
Much regulation, minimal protection: The Australian model;
Pastoral care, minimal information: The New Zealand model;
Different frameworks, similar outcomes: Comparing Australia and New Zealand;
Doing it differently: National re-regulation and trans-national student citizens;
Conclusion: Managing student mobility.
