Regulating international students' wellbeing / Gaby Ramia, Simon Marginson and Erlenawati Sawir.

Using international and cross-country comparative analysis, this book explores how governments influence international student welfare, and how students shape their own opportunities.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-178) and index.

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1. Introduction: global students and their discontents -- 2. Governing globalisation? National regulation and international student wellbeing -- 3. Fast growing, diverse: mapping the business of international education -- 4. 'There's gold in them thar students!' Australia and New Zealand in the global market -- 5. Much regulation, minimal protection: the Australian model -- 6. Pastoral care, minimal information: the New Zealand model -- 7. Different frameworks, similar outcomes: comparing Australia and New Zealand -- 8. Doing it differently: national and global re-regulation and trans-national student citizens.

1. Introduction: global students and their discontents -- China goes to New Zealand: a morality tale -- Global student market -- International student wellbeing and regulation -- Purpose and method -- Structure of the book -- 2. Governing globalisation? National regulation and international student wellbeing -- Introduction -- Ideas about regulation -- National regulatory context -- Globalisation and comparativism in regulation -- Conclusion: the role of global social policy -- 3. Fast growing, diverse: mapping the business of international education -- Introduction -- Global student mobility -- United States -- Canada -- United Kingdom -- Asia-Pacific region -- Conclusion -- 4. 'There's gold in them thar students!' Australia and New Zealand in the global market -- Introduction -- Export sector in Australia -- Export sector in New Zealand -- Conclusion: markets and regulation -- 5. Much regulation, minimal protection: the Australian model -- Introduction -- The higher education law context: individual legal provisions -- The ESOS Act and the National Code: the ESOS Framework -- Regulatory debate -- Regulation and student wellbeing: fieldwork findings -- Conclusion -- 6. Pastoral care, minimal information: the New Zealand model -- Introduction -- Higher education law context: individual legal provisions -- Pastoral Care Code -- Regulatory debate -- Regulation and student wellbeing: fieldwork findings -- Informal sphere -- Beyond trade? Consumer protection, pastoral care and welfare -- Conclusion -- 7. Different frameworks, similar outcomes: comparing Australia and New Zealand -- Introduction -- Comparative evolution of welfare -- ESOS Framework versus the Pastoral Care Code -- Comparative data analysis -- Divergent formal regimes and similar data: comparative analysis -- Conclusion -- 8. Doing it differently: national and global re-regulation and trans-national student citizens -- Reform-focused activity at the national level -- Global level -- National and global regulation: trans-national citizenship? -- National and global reform -- Conclusion: students as trans-national citizenship -- subjects in practice -- Conclusion -- Managing global mobility -- Summary, argument and concluding remarks.

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