NDLI: “Totally different standards”: consumer orientation in study abroad contexts

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Jæger, Kirsten Gram, Malene
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	The paper takes an interest in consumer behavior in international higher education (HE). It takes qualitative narratives of international student experience as a point of departure for a discussion of the degree to which students conceive of their experience in consumer terms when they evaluate their stays abroad. Intentionally, the group of informants consists of culturally diverse subjects (Danish and Chinese students). While the size of the sample does not allow for any wide-ranging conclusions on the connection between cultural background and adoption of consumer identity, it enables the researchers to evaluate whether cultural background seems to pertain to the propensity of students to think and act in a consumer-oriented manner in their experience of the different material and academic standards they were faced with in their study abroad environment. Based on an interest in the role of the student in the era of academic capitalism, the study investigates whether the fact that universities increasingly operate on market and market-like conditions influences students’ way of conceiving of their study abroad experience. To what extent do students perceive themselves as consumers investing in services and products?
Starting Page	33
Ending Page	47
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00181560
Journal	Higher Education
Volume Number	74
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	1573174X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-07-20
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Internationalization Academic capitalism Study abroad Consumer experience Academic standards Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Law

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