As immigrant students continue to enter U.S. education at growing rates, it has become increasingly important for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to understand these students' pathways into and through college as well as the factors impacting their success. Using a systematic review, this analysis provides a comprehensive…

This article is concerned with the internationalisation of higher education and student mobility for society and community engagement purposes. Drawing on the specific case study of Universiti Brunei Darussalam's Community Outreach Programme overseas, it examines the programme's operation in Vietnam as well as investigates Bruneian students'…

In this article, Miaoyan Yang examines the identity struggles of a group of youth from China's majority ethnic Han group. As children of "in-Tibet cadres," these Han youth were deemed "privileged" in their educational opportunities as compared with both Han students from interior China and ethnic Tibetan minority students from…

Studying abroad can positively influence students' personality development, transversal skills, and labour market outcomes. At the same time, students from a high social origin are more likely to study abroad than students from a low social origin. Against this background, recent research has suggested that international student mobility (ISM) may…

Australia has shifted its student mobility agenda since 2014 with a commitment to see learning abroad in the Indo-Pacific region, rather than in traditional destinations such as anglophone countries, as a 'rite of passage' for Australian students' future life and career. While there has been rich literature on the impact of outbound student…

Tens of thousands of students in the Houston area switched schools during the school year annually. In moving from one school to another, students often experienced disruptions to their education. This study examined what this mobility meant for students' performance on state accountability tests, high school grade retention, high school dropout,…

The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to compare graduation rates, defined as completing high school within five years, of students who learned online in Oregon virtual schools to students who attended traditional schools. The study utilized longitudinal data provided by the Oregon Department of Education connected to…

The study examines indirect outcomes of two international scholarship programs at a societal level in post-Soviet Georgia. By conducting a quantitative analysis using an online survey, the study explores how earning a master's degree the United States influences the civic engagement behavior of the Georgian students once they return home. The…

The Tennessee Department of Education releases this report annually to highlight the progress of Tennessee's public charter schools during the previous academic year. This year's report provides information relative to the operation and viability of public charter schools for the 2023-24 school year. In compliance with state statute, the report…

European policies on international mobility of students in initial vocational education and training (IVET) are working but more is needed. Young people in IVET today have more opportunities to do part of their training abroad than their peers of a decade ago. In most European Union (EU) Member States they tend to receive better information,…

In a series of research briefs, the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) examines and describes the amount of student mobility in Texas with particular focus on Houston area public schools. This first research brief provides an overview of how many students move during the summer months. Changing schools impacts students' achievement,…

This study investigates how personality and individual experiences influence decision-making processes during the transition into Higher Education (HE). It offers insights into application choices, where applicants employ different quantitative hedging strategies against non-admission. These strategies are assessed by the number of applications…

This contribution introduces the general principles of doctoral education in Germany first and then describes and discusses four key drivers of change: the increase in numbers, the diversification of degree models, the impact of the Bologna reforms on doctoral education, and changes induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the conclusions the…

Community college students frequently decide to withdraw from college without achieving their educational goals. In decades of research into student attrition and retention, very few studies have asked the students themselves why they chose to leave. This concurrent triangulation mixed methods study sought to add to the literature by analyzing…

It is often assumed that the simple presence of international students and ubiquitous use of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) are the main agents of internationalisation of higher education (HE), whereby English equals international education and inbound student mobility equals increased internationalisation. While there are perceived…