From Crisis to Opportunities: Justifying and Persuading National Policy for International Student Recruitment

Autor/inn/en	Jokila, Suvi; Kallo, Johanna; Mikkilä-Erdmann, Mirjamaija
Titel	From Crisis to Opportunities: Justifying and Persuading National Policy for International Student Recruitment
Quelle	In: European Journal of Higher Education, 9 (2019) 4, S.393-411 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jokila, Suvi) ORCID (Kallo, Johanna) ORCID (Mikkilä-Erdmann, Mirjamaija)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-8235
DOI	10.1080/21568235.2019.1623703
Schlagwörter	Global Approach; Student Recruitment; Student Mobility; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Students; International Education; Barriers; Educational Strategies; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Labor Force; Educational Quality; Reputation; Comparative Education; Cross Cultural Studies; Competition; Standards; Best Practices; College Students; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Denken; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Internationale Erziehung; Lehrstrategie; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Wettkampf; Standard; Collegestudent; Finnland
Abstract	Globalisation has transformed the field of higher education by increasing flows of mobile students. This has had significant repercussions not only for countries that take advantage of the expansion of exports of English-medium programmes but also for countries that have not risen to prominent positions in the global education market, such as non-English-speaking Nordic countries. In over thirty years, Finland, which is the focus of this article, has considerably expanded its provision of English-medium programmes in universities. However, the challenges of international student recruitment have persisted despite ambitious strategies. The aim of this study is to analyse the justifications and persuasion strategies used in national policy texts for recruitment initiatives. The data consist of key internationalisation strategies from the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) from 2001 to 2017. Findings suggest that the main persuasion devices in the strategies manifest a significant shift from neoliberally toned crisis talk to opportunity rhetoric. This study will broaden the horizons of analysis by going beyond the rationales for recruiting international students in a country that is in the process of finding and consolidating its position in the widening markets of higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01