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Kaja Mädamürk; Katja Upadyaya; Lauri Hietajärvi; Kirsti Lonka; Katariina Salmela-Aro – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
This study investigated the development of study engagement from the end of upper secondary school through the first and second years of higher education. The participants experienced the challenges related to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic while they were either university students or preparing for university entrance exams. The study…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Social Development, Emotional Development, COVID-19
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Wei Lu; Tayla Everson Härkälä – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2024
International students have the potential to contribute significantly to host countries through cultural enrichment, economic growth, and human capital development. However, their successful integration into the host society is crucial to realise these benefits. By applying the framework of the two-way integration process from acculturation…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Experience, Foreign Countries, Employment
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Mendoza, Carlos; Dervin, Fred; Layne, Heidi – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
Internationalization at home (IaH) policies in higher education institutions (HEIs) are rarely negotiated with and by students. Therefore, students' takes on such policies could be missed opportunities for HEIs. This qualitative study investigates international and local students' negotiations and meaning-making of integration and IaH as stated by…
Descriptors: International Education, Student Attitudes, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries
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Calikoglu, Alper – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2018
Globally, international student recruitment has become one of the prominent topics of higher education. In addition to the leading native-speaking English world, several non-native-English-speaking countries have reshaped their higher education system to attract more international students. Finland is one of the non-native-English-speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Recruitment, Educational Experience, Graduate Students
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Varjo, Janne; Kalalahti, Mira; Jahnukainen, Markku – Education Inquiry, 2020
Transitions from one level of education system to another and from education to work are structured by socio-economic and institutional structure factors, while at the same time they are appropriated by individuals in their biographical constructions. Patterns to career trajectories are also dependent on social class, immigrant origin and level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Socioeconomic Status, Institutional Characteristics
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Käyhkö, Mari – Gender and Education, 2015
In Finland, the financial status of a family does not in general place any restrictions on a person's studies. However, in spite of equality of opportunity, class as a cultural and social issue is a significant factor guiding the education of young people. In the article, I analyse women with a working-class background studying at university,…
Descriptors: Social Class, Working Class, Females, Cultural Influences
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2019, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology