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Franka van den Hende; Jan Riezebos; Robert Coelen – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
In higher education literature, academic staff have long been considered the main blockers in internationalizing study programs, but recent research suggests that the real blockers are the many changes required in their disciplinary contexts. However, both perspectives have not been based on organizational change theory including academics and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Higher Education, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Deniz Ortaçtepe Hart; Elif Burhan-Horasanli – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
By placing a strong emphasis on one's national, cultural, and ethnic identity, neonationalism, as a contemporary political and cultural movement, prioritizes 'sameness' over diversity. This phenomenological case study focused on Turkish universities which have been under increasingly oppressive neo-nationalist policies within the past 10 years. It…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Shen, Wenqin; Liu, Ye; Liu, Yunshan; Huang, Ying – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
This article extends Bourdieu's convertibility of different forms of capital to understand the patterns of study abroad by elite graduates from Peking University, China. We draw upon empirical data from a first-hand survey study involving 1,417 graduates from Peking University. The statistical analyses suggest a pattern of the conversions from…
Descriptors: Reputation, Universities, Selective Admission, Cultural Capital
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Sutherland, Matthew; Thompson, David; Edirisingha, Prabash – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Attracting international students has become a strategic priority for UK immigration policy as well as for British universities. However, research shows that there are emergent intercultural barriers that challenge international students' carrier aspirations and inhibit their ability to find employment. Also, small business employers (SMEs) are…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, International Education, Foreign Students, Immigration