Engaging Underrepresented International Students as Partners: Agency and Constraints among Rwandan Students in the United States

Autor/in	Baxter, Aryn
Titel	Engaging Underrepresented International Students as Partners: Agency and Constraints among Rwandan Students in the United States
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 23 (2019) 1, S.106-122 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Baxter, Aryn)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315318810858
Schlagwörter	Student Mobility; Disproportionate Representation; Foreign Students; Ethnography; Scholarships; Undergraduate Students; Learner Engagement; Expectation; Personal Autonomy; Educational Experience; Cultural Awareness; Universities; Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Relationship; Rwanda; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Ethnografie; Scholarship; Stipendium; Expectancy; Erwartung; Individuelle Autonomie; Bildungserfahrung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; University; Universität; Ausland; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ruanda; USA
Abstract	As international student mobility expands and student populations grow increasingly diverse, there is a need to engage underrepresented international students as partners to better understand their lived experiences and co-construct supports for navigating the opportunities and constraints that accompany mobility. This article presents findings from a multisited ethnography that examines the experiences of scholarship recipients from Rwanda pursuing undergraduate degrees in the United States. Drawing on spatial and transnational theories, the study illuminates how student engagement is constrained by conflicting expectations, representations, and relationships and highlights how students exercise agency as they navigate their international education experiences. In drawing attention to the diversity of international students' spatial imaginaries, the study provides a starting point for universities to develop deeper and more sensitive understandings of mobile students' differences. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01