Educational Equality and International Students

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction: A Case of Ambivalence, Uncertainty and Contradiction

   • Stuart Tannock

   Pages 1-13

3. Educational Equality, Higher Education and the Nation State

   • Stuart Tannock

   Pages 15-37

4. International Students in the UK: Caught Between Market Forces and Immigration Targets

   • Stuart Tannock

   Pages 39-67

5. The Fragmentation of Equality in the Internationalized University

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   Pages 69-92

6. Equality Remains: Stubborn Attachments to Ideals of Educational Justice

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   Pages 93-123

7. The Question of International Tuition Fees: Cash Cows and Silent Elephants

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   Pages 125-152

8. The Swiss Banker Problem: International Students, Internationalization and the University Curriculum

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   Pages 153-184

9. Constructing the International-Home Student Attainment Gap

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   Pages 185-214

10. Conclusion: Taking Educational Equality Across National Borders

    • Stuart Tannock

    Pages 215-226

11. Back Matter

    Pages 227-234

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In an increasingly globalised educational landscape, this book examines whether the principle of educational equality can be applied across nation state borders. Exploring the tension between the  theory of educational equality and the reality that most educational institutions are rooted in local communities and national frameworks, the author thus probes the consequences for institutions, individuals and communities as the number of international students grows exponentially. A topic that has previously received limited attention, the author draws upon theoretical literature and an empirical study of how universities in the United Kingdom conceptualise and promote principles of educational equality for international as compared with home students. This pioneering work will be interest and value to students and scholars of international education, international students, educational equality and globalisation, as well as practitioners and policy makers.

• Educational justice
• Student mobility
• Erasmus scheme
• International education
• Sociology of education
• international students
• Equality of education

“Tannock should be commended; over the length of the book his analysis throws light on the enormity and the complexity of an important and underdeveloped area of internationalization – social justice for international students. … the book should be viewed as an invitation to identify, problematise, monitor and debate issues of educational equality on a global scale. The book will appeal to a wide audience of academics, policy-makers and administrators; I expect many will take up the invitation.” (Annette Bamberger, Comparative Education, January, 2019)​

• UCL Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom

  Stuart Tannock

Stuart Tannock is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education, Practice and Society at the UCL Institute of Education, UK.

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