Synopses & Reviews
More than three million students globally are on the move each year, crossing borders for their tertiary education. Many travel from Asia and Africa to English speaking countries, led by the United States, including the UK, Australia and New Zealand where students pay tuition fees at commercial rates and prop up an education export sector that has become lucrative for the provider nations. But the 'no frills' commercial form of tertiary education, designed to minimise costs and maximise revenues, leaves many international students inadequately protected and less than satisfied. International Student Security draws on a close study of international students in Australia, and exposes opportunity, difficulty, danger and courage on a massive scale in the global student market. It works through many unresolved issues confronting students and their families, including personal safety, language proficiency, finances, sub-standard housing, loneliness and racism.
Review
andldquo;Universities and governments want to attract international students but rarely consider student wellbeing. This bookandrsquo;s account of critical issues, with two national good-practice case studies, is essential reading for international education policymakers.andrdquo;and#160;
Synopsis
Despite the increasing global popularity of international study, little research has been done on the lives of students who undertake it. Based on detailed case studies conducted in Australia and New Zealand, this volume explores how governments influence the welfare of newly arrived students and how students shape their own experiences with the help of family, friends, and peer networks. With implications for international study in countries around the world,and#160;Regulating International Studentsandrsquo; Wellbeingand#160;makes a significant contribution to our understanding of a little-understood global population.and#160;
About the Author
Gaby Ramiaand#160;is associate professor in the graduate school of government at the University of Sydney and coauthor ofand#160;From Rights to Management.and#160;Simon Marginson is professor of higher education at the University of Melbourne and joint editor-in-chief of the journal Higher Education.and#160;Erlenawati Sawir is a research fellow at the International Education Research Centre at Central Queensland University.and#160;and#160;
Table of Contents
List of figures and tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Introduction: global students and their discontents
2 Governing globalization? National regulation and international student wellbeing
3 Fast growing, diverse: mapping the business of international education
4 andlsquo;Thereandrsquo;s gold in them thar students!andrsquo; Australia and New Zealand in the global market
5 Much regulation, minimal protection: the Australian model
6 Pastoral care, minimal information: the New Zealand model
7 Different frameworks, similar outcomes: comparing Australia and New Zealand
8 Doing it differently: national and global re-regulation and trans-national student citizens
9 Conclusion
References
Index