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Chapter 16 - Institutional Responsibility for International Student Well-being and Belongingness

from Part III - Institutional Arrangements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

By
Madhunika Sai Suresh ,
James D. Wagnon ,
Terra N. Hall ,
Rebecca M. Campos ,
Sharon Wakio ,
Edgar Virgüez  and
Jenny Sperling
Edited by
Blake R. Silver  and
Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
Blake R. Silver
Affiliation:
George Mason University
Graziella Pagliarulo McCarron
Affiliation:
George Mason University
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Summary

US universities continue to recruit and engage international students in ways that result in their othering, exclusion, and compromised well-being. As such, scholarship that amplifies the voices of international students attending US colleges is needed. With the increasing attention and push for inclusion and equity work in higher education, it is imperative to account for international students’ experiences within this dialogue and identify policies and practices that will positively contribute to their well-being and success. Using a transnational lens, we interrogate existing systems and offer recommendations to US institutional personnel to better support international student well-being and success. The purpose of this work is twofold: (1) to illuminate how current structures of US higher education systems thwart international students’ well-being and success, and (2) through our analysis of existing literature, to provide recommendations to best support international student well-being and success.

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international studentstransnationalismwellbeingbelongingnessholistic support
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Supporting College Students of Immigrant Origin
New Insights from Research, Policy, and Practice
 , pp. 332 - 352
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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