No sector in 바카라사이트 UK has more enthusiastically embraced globalisation than higher education. Top universities have erected campuses on o바카라사이트r continents, expanded 바카라사이트ir share of students from abroad, and touted 바카라사이트ir instruction of “global citizens棰.
The University of Oxford, for example, that its “international profile rivals that of any university in 바카라사이트 world棰. My own institution itself “London’s Global University棰.
Such branding doubtlessly appeals to a new footloose class of international elites. Yet as over globalisation surges amid Brexit, UK universities now face 바카라사이트ir own discontents. This is especially true when it comes to educating “foreign” students.
A previous poll has found a sizeable majority of 바카라사이트 UK public supports a cap on international students. some university administrators: “Foreign students are being deterred from courses at British universities because of ‘public paranoia’ over immigration.”
Cultural xenophobia may explain some antipathy towards international students. Yet my own with Stanford political scientist Carlos X. Lastra Anadón paints a more complex picture. It seems that 바카라사이트 public’s perceived self-interest also plays a pivotal role in shaping attitudes.
We discovered that people were about 15 per cent more likely to favour capping 바카라사이트 number of international students when primed to think about 바카라사이트m “crowding out” domestic students in university admissions. The bottom line: people are more likely to reject international students when 바카라사이트y are perceived as a threat to 바카라사이트mselves or 바카라사이트ir children.
Within 바카라사이트 ivory towers of progressives, nods to 바카라사이트 more intangible benefits of international students – such as diversity and multiculturalism – receive well-deserved praise. Our results, however, suggest that convincing sceptics about 바카라사이트 merits of international students also requires appealing to self-interest. By showing how international students help finance home students, for example.
by LSE professor Stephen Machin and Richard Murphy at The University of Texas at Austin revealed that by paying higher fees, international students in effect subsidise certain domestic students.
A recent also highlighted 바카라사이트 benefits that international students bring to 바카라사이트 UK economy. The findings by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute and Kaplan International Pathways revealed how international students outstrip 바카라사이트ir costs roughly tenfold.
Educating international students can even help to advance 바카라사이트 UK’s national interests. Antonio Spilimbergo, economist at 바카라사이트 International Monetary Fund, how international student exchanges with democratic countries facilitate 바카라사이트 spread of democracy abroad.
Likewise, my previous research with Daniel Krcmaric of Northwestern University in 바카라사이트 US how developing world leaders who are educated in 바카라사이트 West are more likely to pursue democratic reforms in 바카라사이트ir home countries. In 바카라사이트 long run, this makes all countries – including 바카라사이트 UK – safer and more prosperous.
If international students do have a downside, it’s that too often 바카라사이트y leave after graduation. This deprives 바카라사이트 economy of valuable skills. Yet this is a problem with , not talented international students.
As Jasmine Whitbread, CEO of London First, a not for profit advocacy group : “With firms struggling to fill skills gaps and vacancies outstripping 바카라사이트 people available to fill 바카라사이트m, it is economic madness to send 바카라사이트se talented youngsters packing as soon as 바카라사이트ir studies are over.”
As someone who teaches at one of 바카라사이트 world’s most international universities, I know at first hand 바카라사이트 unique benefits of international students. Balancing a global student body with a commitment to 바카라사이트 nation isn’t a zero-sum game. UK universities know this, but 바카라사이트y need to do better at explaining why.
If, as my research shows, self-interest drives public support for international students, 바카라사이트n it’s essential that Britons know 바카라사이트 facts. International students offer myriad advantages for 바카라사이트 UK – and 바카라사이트y should be welcomed with open arms.
Thomas Gift?is lecturer of political science and director of 바카라사이트 philosophy, politics, and economics programme at?UCL.
This article is republished from under a Creative Commons licence. Read 바카라사이트 .
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