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From restrictive regulations to limited post-graduation employment-based pathways, globally mobile students encounter a variety of challenges accessing the workforce. Yet, they are considered to be a highly sought after future labor pool that can bolster a nation s workforce and economy. This book brings together scholars in various fields to examine the migration and immigration dimensions of the globally mobile student experience, and to expand understanding of this population in theory and practice. Drawing upon an array of empirical research approaches, this timely book highlights scholarship exploring the lived experiences of international students, refugee/asylee, and undocumented students in accessing higher education and post-graduation employment. As highly resourceful individuals, these students have exercised their agency to persevere in their career paths, despite the hurdles. This edited collection is a call to reimagine higher education access and pathways to the workforce in an unprecedented tide of human movement.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1. Introduction: Re-envisioning Higher Education and (Im)migration Pathways.- Chapter 2. Enacting Agency: International Students Post-graduation Job Search Process.- Chapter 3. Post-Graduation Employment Challenges for Asian International Students.- Chapter 4. Achieving Professional Empowerment and Finding your Post-graduation Career Path.- Chapter 5. Securing a Career Path Through the Pursuit of Higher Education: A Scholarly Personal Narrative.- Chapter 6. International Student Services Offices as Key Programming Providers for Forced Migrant University Students.- Chapter 7. ECAR s Innovative Ecosystems: Analyzing Higher Education Tools, Resources, and Collaborative Partnerships in Refugee Resettlement.- Chapter 8. Reducing Barriers to Higher Education for Undocumented Students.- Chapter 9. UndocuAlly Training Programs: Strength-based Strategies for Undocumented Students.- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Developing a Way Forward: Towards a New Research Agenda for the Study of Higher Education and (Im)migration Pathways.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Anita Gopal
is a higher education and political science expert.
Zusammenfassung
From restrictive regulations to limited post-graduation employment-based pathways, globally mobile students encounter a variety of challenges accessing the workforce. Yet, they are considered to be a highly sought after future labor pool that can bolster a nation’s workforce and economy. This book brings together scholars in various fields to examine the migration and immigration dimensions of the globally mobile student experience, and to expand understanding of this population in theory and practice. Drawing upon an array of empirical research approaches, this timely book highlights scholarship exploring the lived experiences of international students, refugee/asylee, and undocumented students in accessing higher education and post-graduation employment. As highly resourceful individuals, these students have exercised their agency to persevere in their career paths, despite the hurdles. This edited collection is a call to reimagine higher education access and pathways to the workforce in an unprecedented tide of human movement.
