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Study abroad and student mobility: From educational experiences to emerging enterprise
Inequalities in study abroad and student mobility: Navigating challenges and future directions (2020)
  • Suzan Kommers
  • Krishna Bista
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Abstract
 One of the common ways higher education institutions try to provide
students with the opportunity to encounter different worldviews is by encouraging
them to do a part of their undergraduate degree in a foreign
country (Paige et al., 2009; Take & Shoraku, 2018). Study abroad was
historically described as an educational experience that addresses global
issues by making students more aware of their global responsibilities and
encouraging them to contribute to a more humane world (Reilly & Senders,
2009). Over the past decades, however, the focus of study abroad and
student mobility has shifted from mostly an educational experience to an
emerging enterprise. In this introductory chapter of the book, we discuss
what the commercialization of study abroad meant for the equity in study
abroad and student mobility. Is the business model of international higher
education gradually pulling away from the goal it was meant to serve?
How can scholars, policymakers, and educational practitioners ensure that
study abroad is not reinforcing the social inequality present in societies and
the world?
Keywords
  • higher education,
  • study abroad,
  • inequality in study abroad
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Publication Date
2020
Publisher
Routledge
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Citation Information
Kommers, S., & Bista, K. (2020). Study abroad and student mobility: From educational experiences to emerging enterprise. In S. Kommers & K. Bista (eds.). Inequalities in study abroad and student mobility: Navigating challenges and future directions (pp.1-8). Routledge.