TY - JOUR
T1 - The flow of international students from a macro perspective
T2 - a network analysis
AU - Barnett, George
AU - LEE, Moo Sung
AU - Jiang, Ke
AU - Park, Han
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This paper provides a network analysis of the international flow of students among 210 countries and the factors determining the structure of this flow. Among these factors, bilateral hyperlink connections between countries and the number of telephone minutes (communication variables) are the most important predictors of the flow’s structure, followed by trade, the physical distance between countries, a common border between countries and a common language between two countries. The USA is by far the most central country in the flow of international students, followed by China, the UK, France, Germany, Australia and India. These results are discussed in light of World-System Theory. Future research should examine how the network of international student flows changes over time and consider additional factors to provide a better understanding of the network as an international system.
AB - This paper provides a network analysis of the international flow of students among 210 countries and the factors determining the structure of this flow. Among these factors, bilateral hyperlink connections between countries and the number of telephone minutes (communication variables) are the most important predictors of the flow’s structure, followed by trade, the physical distance between countries, a common border between countries and a common language between two countries. The USA is by far the most central country in the flow of international students, followed by China, the UK, France, Germany, Australia and India. These results are discussed in light of World-System Theory. Future research should examine how the network of international student flows changes over time and consider additional factors to provide a better understanding of the network as an international system.
KW - flow of international students
KW - globalisation and international higher education
KW - internationalisation of higher education
KW - mobility of students
KW - network analysis
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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/flow-international-students-macro-perspective-network-analysis
U2 - 10.1080/03057925.2015.1015965
DO - 10.1080/03057925.2015.1015965
M3 - Article
SN - 0305-7925
VL - 46
SP - 533
EP - 559
JO - Compare
JF - Compare
IS - 4
ER -