Similar Students and Different Countries? An Analysis of the Barriers and Drivers for Erasmus Participation in Seven Countries.

Autor/inn/en	Beerkens, Maarja; Souto-Otero, Manuel; Wit, Hans de; Huisman, Jeroen
Titel	Similar Students and Different Countries? An Analysis of the Barriers and Drivers for Erasmus Participation in Seven Countries.
Quelle	In: Journal of studies in international education, 20 (2016) 2, S. 184-204Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153; 1552-7808
DOI	10.1177/1028315315595703
Schlagwörter	Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung; Auslandsstudium; Hindernis; ERASMUS (Förderung der Mobilität von Hochschulstudenten); Europa
Abstract	Increasing participation in the Erasmus study abroad program in Europe is a clear policy goal, and student-reported barriers and drivers are regularly monitored. This article uses student survey data from seven countries to examine the extent to which student-level barriers can explain the considerable cross-country variation in Erasmus participation rates. We observe remarkable similarities between countries with respect to how barriers cluster for students and what barriers characterize non-participants compared with participants. The study confirms that home ties and lack of interest are most robust predictors for non-participation. Data on student-level barriers and motivations, however, give surprisingly little information to explain why students in some countries are considerably more active participants. For further understanding, we need to study more how national and institutional policies and context influence students' decision making and help them overcome perceived barriers to mobility. (HoF/text adopted).
Erfasst von	Institut für Hochschulforschung (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Update	2017/1