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A Temporal-Agential Lens on the Reintegration Experiences of Chinese Early Career STEM Returnees
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Xiujuan Sun; Hantian Wu – Studies in Higher Education, 2025
Recently, there has been a massive trend of Chinese international PhD graduates returning to China's research-intensive universities that are undergoing systemic reforms and aspire to flourish in the global higher education field. Taking into account this changing academic environment and field-specific mobility patterns, the study examines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduates, STEM Careers, Cultural Context
Pursuing Doctoral Research in an Emerging Knowledge Hub: An Exploration of International Students' Experiences in China
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Dai, Kun; Hardy, Ian – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
International doctoral students are an influential group in knowledge creation and cross-national engagement. Existing studies have mainly focused on this cohort's learning and research experiences in developed countries. However, relatively few studies have explored these students' experiences in non-traditional learning destinations. Drawing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Doctoral Students, Student Experience
Challenges and Success Factors of Transnational Higher Education: A Systematic Review
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Tran, Nguyen Hai Ngan; Amado, Carla Alexandra da Encarnação Filipe; Santos, Sérgio Pereira dos – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
This paper provides an analysis of the literature on transnational education to identify the key challenges and success factors for the sustainable operation of transnational higher education (TNE) programmes as perceived by key stakeholders. Probing the stakeholders' perspectives and applying a systematic approach, this study analyses 227…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, International Education, Educational Quality
National and Institutional Responses -- Reimagined Operations -- Pandemic Disruptions and Academic Continuity for a Global University
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Moja, Teboho – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The 2019/2020 academic year started well with no anticipation of what was in store for the second semester and how the year would end. New students were welcomed on campus and included international students and international faculty members. It was business as usual, a beautiful and colorful fall semester that transitioned into a cold winter…
Descriptors: Higher Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
The Effects of Boundary Spanning on the Development of Social Capital between Faculty Members Operating Transnational Higher Education Partnerships
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Bordogna, Claudia M. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This paper explores social capital development between operational faculty members delivering Sino-British transnational partnerships. Research focuses on two Sino-British 'joint programme' partnership case studies in order to investigate boundary spanning and the development of social capital between UK and Sino academics involved in programme…
Descriptors: Social Capital, College Faculty, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education
Made in Contemporary China: Exploring the National Identity of Chinese International Undergraduate Students in the US
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Zhao, Kai – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Given the critical dynamics between students' national identity and study abroad experiences, this study explores the meanings Chinese international students in the US make of national identity within the context of China's rise on the world stage. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 23 Chinese undergraduate students studying at a US research…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Asians