cover image: The global competition for international students as future immigrants : Concurrence mondiale pour les étudiants étrangers en tant que futurs immigrants : le rôle des universités de l'Ontario pour concrétiser les politiques gouvernementales en pratiques institutionnelles

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The global competition for international students as future immigrants : Concurrence mondiale pour les étudiants étrangers en tant que futurs immigrants : le rôle des universités de l'Ontario pour concrétiser les politiques gouvernementales en pratiques institutionnelles

26 Oct 2015

The study was composed of two data collection stages: (a) a web scan of university policies/strategies and Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario 4 The Global Competition for International Students as Future Immigrants: The role of Ontario universities in translating government policy into institutional practice programs/services pertaining to IS, and (b) a survey administered to university m [...] On the whole, staff reported a lack of integration of programs and services, and a lack of coordination and communication between departments in offering IS support programs and services throughout their student life cycle. [...] The first is the importance of building the capacity of the staff, so that they are in a position to offer different levels and degrees of engagement, keeping in mind the different sites for engagement and the different needs of the heterogeneous student body. [...] Finally, as represented by the two-way arrow at the bottom, the model emphasizes the importance of early engagement and encourages institutions “to develop and enhance initiatives which contribute to Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario 10 The Global Competition for International Students as Future Immigrants: The role of Ontario universities in translating government policy into institutio [...] Specifically, they suggested that the existence of the Ontario government’s international student recovery fee and its current lack of funding for international graduate students runs counter to the increased IS enrolment goals of the province and its universities, and ultimately serves as a disincentive for institutional recruitment.
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Authors

El Masri, Amira, Choubak, Melisa, Litchmore, Rashelle

Pages
51
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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