Globalization, Cross Border Education, and Student Migration: Determining Student Institutional Choice Factors
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
Handbook of Research on Advancing Critical Thinking in Higher Education
Abstract
Presently, there are more than two million students studying outside their home countries and the total number is expected to grow to eight million by 2025. This trend has inspired research into the “push” and “pull” factors that drive student mobility within the global higher education environment. However, despite the growing presence of cross border student enrollments throughout the United States, which is also the number one location for cross border students to study in the world, limited efforts have been made to identify what characteristics motivate particular groups of cross border students to leave their home countries to attend particular types of higher education in the United States. This chapter addresses that gap in the literature. In response, this study sought to build upon existing global higher education literature by determining the relationship between the perceived importance of institutional characteristics and cross border students' age, gender, and country of origin.
DOI
10.4018/978-1-4666-8411-9.ch017
Publication Date
2015
Recommended Citation
Guffey, Ryan Vance, "Globalization, Cross Border Education, and Student Migration: Determining Student Institutional Choice Factors" (2015). Faculty Scholarship. 167.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/faculty-research-papers/167