International Student Employability: Narratives of Strengths, Challenges, and Strategies about Global South Students

Singh, Jasvir Kaur Nachatar, Latiner Raby, Rosalind, Bista, Krishna

  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-07-01
  • 售價: $6,280
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$5,966
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 236
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 3031332563
  • ISBN-13: 9783031332562
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商品描述

This book explores how international undergraduate and graduate students navigate their higher educational institutional (HEI) experiences and employability prospects in both Global North and Global South universities. The chapter authors examine how students from the Global South use their agency to apply their HEI experiences to meet their needs, gain skills, and envision alternative pathways to adapt to economic, environmental, and political changes.

Through diverse student voices, the book sheds light on the challenges faced by these international students in the job market. It highlights the importance of promoting diversity and equity in higher education. The book emphasizes the need to consider the cultural circumstances of global south students to enhance their employability.

The book contributes to a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by Global South international students in the job market. It offers effective strategies foreducators, policymakers, and employers to support these students.

作者簡介

Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh is an award-winning Lecturer at the Department of Management, Sport and Tourism, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Australia. In 2020, Dr Singh received an international teaching recognition from Advance HE, UK as a Fellow (FHEA). In 2018, Dr Singh received two La Trobe University Teaching Awards and Best Presenter Award at the Global Higher Education Forum, Malaysia. Dr Singh's research expertise is in higher education discipline with a particular interest exploring international students' current issues such as their academic success, lived experiences, employability, career aspirations as well as learning experiences in a blended learning environment. In addition, Dr Singh also explores lived experiences of international academics and Dr Singh's recent work is on international academics with leadership positions. Dr Singh has published several articles in high impact journals and has presented at numerous national and international higher education conferences in Malaysia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Thailand, Hawaii, Japan and Australia. In 2020, Dr Singh was appointed as the Associate Editor for Higher Education Research and Development journal. In 2018, Dr Singh was appointed as a Research Fellow at the Malaysian National Higher Education Research Institute.

Rosalind Latiner Raby, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at California State University, Northridge in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department of the College of Education. Dr. Raby is also the Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International & Comparative Higher Education. She is also an Affiliate Faculty, Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI), Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano. Since 1984, Dr. Raby has worked with community college faculty and administrators to help them internationalize their curriculum, their college programs and college mission statements. Among her many publicationson the topic of international education and community colleges are: Unintended Consequences of Internationalization in Higher Education: Comparative International Perspectives on the Impacts of Policy and Practice (co-edited with Shahrzad Kamyab) (Routledge, 2023); Study Abroad Opportunities for Community College Students and Strategies for Global Learning (co-edited with Gregory Malvaux) (IGI-Global, 2018); and Handbook of Comparative Studies on Community Colleges and Global Counterparts (co-edited with Edward Valeau) (Springer, 2016); International Education at Community Colleges (co-edited with Edward Valeau) (Springer, 2017).

Krishna Bista is a Professor in the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy at Morgan State University, Maryland (USA). His research focuses on online teaching, global student mobility, internationalization, and artificial intelligence in academic research. Previously, Dr. Bista served as theDirector of Global Education at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, where he was Chase Endowed Professor of Education in the School of Education. Dr. Bista is the founding editor of the Journal of International Students, a quarterly publication in international education. He is also the founding chair of the Study Abroad and International Students SIG at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES).


作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh 是澳洲拉籌伯大學商學院管理、運動與旅遊系的獲獎講師。2020年,Singh 博士獲得英國 Advance HE 的國際教學認可,成為研究員 (FHEA)。2018年,Singh 博士獲得兩項拉籌伯大學教學獎以及在馬來西亞全球高等教育論壇上獲得最佳演講者獎。Singh 博士的研究專長為高等教育領域,特別關注國際學生的當前議題,如學業成功、生活經歷、就業能力、職業抱負以及混合學習環境中的學習經驗。此外,Singh 博士也探討國際學者的生活經歷,最近的研究集中於擔任領導職位的國際學者。Singh 博士在高影響力期刊上發表了多篇文章,並在馬來西亞、香港、新西蘭、泰國、夏威夷、日本和澳洲的多個國內外高等教育會議上發表演講。2020年,Singh 博士被任命為《高等教育研究與發展》期刊的副編輯。2018年,Singh 博士被任命為馬來西亞國立高等教育研究所的研究員。

Rosalind Latiner Raby 博士是加州州立大學北嶺校區教育學院教育領導與政策研究系的高級講師。Raby 博士同時擔任《國際與比較高等教育期刊》的主編。她也是米蘭天主教大學高等教育國際化中心 (CHEI) 的附屬教員。自1984年以來,Raby 博士一直與社區大學的教職員和管理人員合作,幫助他們國際化課程、學院計畫和學院使命聲明。關於國際教育和社區大學的許多出版物中,包括與 Shahrzad Kamyab 共同編輯的《高等教育國際化的意外後果:政策與實踐影響的比較國際視角》(Routledge, 2023);與 Gregory Malvaux 共同編輯的《社區大學學生的留學機會與全球學習策略》(IGI-Global, 2018);以及與 Edward Valeau 共同編輯的《社區大學與全球對應機構的比較研究手冊》(Springer, 2016);《社區大學的國際教育》(與 Edward Valeau 共同編輯)(Springer, 2017)。

Krishna Bista 是美國馬里蘭州摩根州立大學高級研究、領導與政策系的教授。他的研究重點包括線上教學、全球學生流動性、國際化以及學術研究中的人工智慧。Bista 博士曾擔任路易斯安那州大學門羅校區的全球教育主任,並在教育學院擔任 Chase 教育學講座教授。Bista 博士是《國際學生期刊》的創始編輯,這是一份關於國際教育的季刊。他也是比較與國際教育學會 (CIES) 的留學與國際學生特別興趣小組的創始主席。