Impact and Adjustment: Foreign Students in Comparative Perspective.

Altbach, Philip G.

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ERIC Number: EJ430125

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Impact and Adjustment: Foreign Students in Comparative Perspective.

Altbach, Philip G.

Higher Education, v21 n3 p305-23 Apr 1991

A discussion of growing international student mobility looks at the flow of students from Third World countries to industrialized nations, the impact of foreign students on academic institutions, the impact of foreign study on the students, and related policies in host and source countries. Available research literature is reviewed. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Higher Education, International Cooperation, International Educational Exchange, Public Policy, Student Mobility, Study Abroad

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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