Educational Equality and International Students Justice Across Borders? /

In an increasingly globalised educational landscape, this book examines whether the principle of educational equality can be applied across nation state borders. Exploring the tension between the theory of educational equality and the reality that most educational institutions are rooted in local co...

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Main Author: Tannock, Stuart, 1969-
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing. 2018.
Springer International Publishing Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 234 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: A case of ambivalence, uncertainty and contradiction
  • Chapter 2. Educational equality, higher education and the nation state
  • Chapter 3. International students in the UK: Caught between market forces and immigration targets
  • Chapter 4. The fragmentation of equality in the internationalized university
  • Chapter 5. Equality remains: Stubborn attachments to ideals of educational justice
  • Chapter 6. The question of international tuition fees: Cash cows and silent elephants
  • Chapter 7. The Swiss banker problem: international students and the university curriculum
  • Chapter 8. Constructing the international-home student attainment gap
  • Chapter 9. Conclusion: Taking educational equality across national borders.