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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 communities and national frameworks, the author thus probes the consequences for institutions, individuals and communities as the number of international students grows exponentially. A topic that has previously received limited attention, the author draws upon theoretical literature and an empirical study of how universities in the United Kingdom conceptualise and promote principles of educational equality for international as compared with home students. This pioneering work will be interest and value to students and scholars of international education, international students, educational equality and globalisation, as well as practitioners and policy makers.
List 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.
About the author
Stuart Tannock is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education, Practice and Society at the UCL Institute of Education, UK.
Summary
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 communities and national frameworks, the author thus probes the consequences for institutions, individuals and communities as the number of international students grows exponentially. A topic that has previously received limited attention, the author draws upon theoretical literature and an empirical study of how universities in the United Kingdom conceptualise and promote principles of educational equality for international as compared with home students. This pioneering work will be interest and value to students and scholars of international education, international students, educational equality and globalisation, as well as practitioners and policy makers.
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“Tannock should be commended; over the length of the book his analysis throws light on the enormity and the complexity of an important and underdeveloped area of internationalization – social justice for international students. … the book should be viewed as an invitation to identify, problematise, monitor and debate issues of educational equality on a global scale. The book will appeal to a wide audience of academics, policy-makers and administrators; I expect many will take up the invitation.” (Annette Bamberger, Comparative Education, January, 2019)
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"Tannock should be commended; over the length of the book his analysis throws light on the enormity and the complexity of an important and underdeveloped area of internationalization - social justice for international students. ... the book should be viewed as an invitation to identify, problematise, monitor and debate issues of educational equality on a global scale. The book will appeal to a wide audience of academics, policy-makers and administrators; I expect many will take up the invitation." (Annette Bamberger, Comparative Education, January, 2019)
