Page 28 - Movers, Shapers, and Everything in Between: Influencers of the International Student Experience

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one way to look at international higher education, it is not the core of this research.
The above theories and frameworks highlight the importance of understanding what influences international students’ experiences and the transnational education experience. Understanding students’ own perceptions is an effective way to explore students’ experiences, even in studies that focus on TNE experiences (Chapman & Pyvis, 2007, Bhuian, 2016; Humfrey, 2009; Lee, 2017; Miliszewska & Sztendur, 2012). The research questions based on these theories are listed below.
reSeArCh QueStionS
Main Research Question:
Sub-Question 1: Sub-Question 2:
Sub-Question 3: Sub-Question 4:
Sub-Question 5:
Sub-Question 6: Sub-Question 7:
What factors influence the experiences of international students and how do they influence them?
How do students from different nationalities vary in their levels of satisfaction and integration?
What is the effect of an international student’s level of academic and social integration on their satisfac- tion?
Does integration mediate the relationship between nationality and satisfaction?
Which aspects of the student experience predict the satisfaction of undergraduate international stu- dents2?
Do home and IBC-enrolled international undergrad- uate students differ in their satisfaction with the aca- demic experience?
How did the COVID-19 pandemic change the aca- demic experience at IBCs?
How did the COVID-19 pandemic change the relationship between the IBC and the home campus?
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2 Aspects include university reputation, undergraduate enrolment, the proportion of international students, and the local population, as well as student gender and stage of study.