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Lost in status? Temporary, permanent, potential, highly skilled ; the international student mobility
Verloren im Status? Temporär, permanent, potenziell, hoch qualifiziert : die internationale Studentenmobilität
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Universität Bielefeld, Fak. für Soziologie, Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD)
Abstract "Despite their expanding significance in a globalizing world today, international students are not thoroughly studied. The international student mobility is not a contemporary phenomenon, yet the examination of such mobility within theoretical concepts is a contemporary one. The concept of transnati... view more
"Despite their expanding significance in a globalizing world today, international students are not thoroughly studied. The international student mobility is not a contemporary phenomenon, yet the examination of such mobility within theoretical concepts is a contemporary one. The concept of transnational social space combines the sending and receiving contexts used in analyzing different forms of migration; however not for international students yet. This article first examines the general definitions in the literature related to international student mobility and shows the complexity regarding to their status. Then it suggests the necessity and convenience of applying transnational social space concept as a tool used currently in migration studies." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
mobility; academic exchange; student; educational mobility; qualification; migration; internationalization; studies (academic); course of education; university; foreign countries
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Sociology of Education
Method
descriptive study
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
15 p.
Series
COMCAD Working Papers, 63
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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