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Direct linkAlexander Mitterle; Roland Bloch – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Competition today has become a central policy imperative in higher education. Connected to resource efficiency and scarcity, it remains closely attached to the idea of the market but reaches beyond when related to positional or status orders. In the higher education literature such varieties of competition -- as distinct social processes -- are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Commercialization, Competition
Gregor Schäfer; Katharina Walgenbach – European Journal of Higher Education, 2024
This article examines the relevance of different institutional levels in higher education for the educational strategies of upper milieu students in a case study conducted in Germany. Based on our analysis of 95 qualitative interviews with Masters students from different social backgrounds, we show how upper milieu students take advantage of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Degrees, Graduate Students, Reputation
Sanjay Krishnapratap Pawar; Ruby S. Chanda – Cogent Education, 2024
An evaluation of extant research reveals a significant blind spot around investigating the enrolment decision-making of Indian international students in the STEM fields. This study qualitatively explores the motivations of Indian international students to pursue a STEM Master's program in an industrialised country. To elicit pertinent information,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, STEM Education, Student Motivation
Sebastian Neumeyer; Gisela Will – Research in Higher Education, 2024
Given their lower socioeconomic background and achievement, immigrants and their descendants have been shown to make more ambitious decisions regarding educational transitions. While previous research has extensively analysed transitions within and after compulsory education, research on late transitions is scarce. This study focuses on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Grade 9, Learning Trajectories
