International Student Security - Softcover

Marginson, Simon; Nyland, Chris; Sawir, Erlenawati; Forbes-Mewett, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521138051 ISBN 13: 9780521138055

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

International Student Security 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 and issues of loneliness, racism and segregation.

About the Author:

Simon Marginson is a Professor of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521138051
• ISBN 13: 9780521138055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 530