This book shares critical issues and insightful wisdom related to diverse students in globalized higher education settings. Learning about diversity and internationalization among students around the global south becomes richer with this book.- Katie Koo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, USAThis is an awaiting book that has discussed the issues of new normal or post-pandemic discourses. I believe the chapters organized in the book are worthy in line with the current issues and experiences of international students. Similarly, the chapters provide practical considerations of the modern world reality in the course of sustaining quality learning, research, and scholarship through student mobility.- Yadu Prasad Gyawali, Assistant professor of English Education, Mid-West University, NepalThis is a much-needed book, which gives if not a full picture, at least an insight into the challenges that international students from the Global South have to navigate. With each chapter of this book, we gain a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of students who leave their home countries in the pursuit of a good education, without them even realizing that they are the ones who contribute to the education of the wider world.- Gabriela Mocanu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, Upper Iowa University, USAThis book documents the stories of millions of mobile students and other important issues of higher education: gender distribution, disparity, female discernment, and academic adventures in higher education.- Gadhi Raj Magar, MPhil Scholar, Nepal Open University, NepalBeing an international student is full of unique experiences that may not intersect for all categories of international students. The best part of this book is its selective focus on the experiences of international students from the global south whose experiences are often disregarded or subsumed under the generalized umbrella of international student experiences.- Susan Boafo-Arthur, PhD, Assistant Professor, Human Services, Goodwin University, USAWhat on earth would entice someone to leave the comfort of their own culture to pursue studies in a foreign environment, oftentimes on the other side of the planet? This volume provides answers that surprise and confound, revealing the interconnectedness of numerous social factors that propel transnational education.- Roger Anderson, Assistant Professor, Central State University,USA Each chapter of this book is an eye-opener: the thorough studies give us all the information and details we need so that we understand the real changes and challenges taking place in the world right now, in the field of higher education and international student mobility.- Nadina C. Nicolici, Fulbright TEA, OPEN & SUSI alumna, "Lorin Sălăgean” Technical High School, Drobeta-Turnu-Severin, RomaniaThe researchers are from diverse backgrounds and try to share their surroundings through their research works—a pleasant surprise from the writer in the book. I read the research and found that Role, Gender, Impact and Policies are interconnected with the “network” of Education. We, like research scholars, get so many ideas that will benefit all. Not only that, the curiosity and questioning between the lines seem perfect while doing research.- Prateet Baskota, School of Education, Kathmandu University, Nepal This book on student mobilities from the Global South shifts the focus from the hegemonic discourse on Western student mobilities, and offers a much-needed discussion on enhancing the quality of higher education by integrating a global dimension of learning.- Birgit Phillips, PhD, Institute of Education, University of Graz, Austria“After reading some of the chapters of this book, I realized that I, being an international student of the Global South, had been looking for this kind of book for several years. This will be a catalyst to make several practical and policy implications for the well-being of international students, who in many countries, have been considered as business tools, not as human beings with all rights and dignities.”- Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication, University of OttawaA beautiful constellation of various contextual auto/ethnographic accounts resonated with me, socio-cultural perspectives as I developed in a transformative educational research context in Nepal.- Parbati Dhungana, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, Department of STEAM Education, Kathmandu University, NepalExploring student mobility and the lived experiences of international students as they mobilize far from their homeland will enrich our provision and foster diversity and belonging, encouraging creativity, innovation, and peace building. The insights of this book provide us with an opportunity to do just that.- Camila Devis-Rozental, Principal Academic in Socio-emotional Intelligence, Bournemouth University, UKThis book on students’ mobility, particularly their motivation, experience, and outcome, includes research participants from various countries across the continents and diverse disciplines. Besides, the edited volume also covers a wide range of themes: transnationalism, ethnic capital, mobility barriers, and gender and race intersectionality, among others. It is a must-read book for those interested in students’ mobility in higher education and educational issues in general.- Asst. Prof. Bharat Prasad Neupane, Kathmandu University, School of Education, NepalThis is a volume filled with facts and arguments covering a vital topic, a work that scholars will utilize to construct new levels within our storehouse of knowledge concerning the causes and results of a surge of international student movement in the contemporary era.- Prof. Joseph Drew, Editor-in-Chief, Comparative Civilizations Review, USAInternational students are far more than a homogenous group. Documenting the unique experiences of students with different identities is the best way to fight against the long-standing stereotype.- Xiaojie Li, PhD Scholar, University of Arizona, USAThe accounts of the socio-cultural experiences of international students from the Global South cover an illuminating array of aspects related to gender inequalities such as women’s migrant less access to fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and the trend that leads more women with tertiary degrees to migrate to OECD countries.- Isabela Cabral Félix de Sousa, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil.This book provides us with a rich and variety of information on the international students from Global South, the field which has not been illuminated so profoundly from the first person's viewpoints. This new lens vastly leads us to broaden our perspectives.- Rumiko Nakano, English lecturer, Doshisha Women’s College, Ryukoku University, Ph. D candidate, Osaka University, JapanI will highly recommend this book to anyone interested in international student migration and its unique intersectionality with gender and policy. It is a must-read!- Linda Tsevi, PhD., Senior Lecturer, University of GhanaIt is a book that most of us, interested in the internationalization of higher education and academic mobility, should read. It gives voice to students and their experiences, which not many consider. An important resource to think about what the impact of this experience is and identify what should be improved.- Alejandra Fabiola Flores Zamora, MA in International Higher Education, University of GuadalajaraFull of precious analyses by international students themselves on their study abroad and career development trajectories, contributing to the advancement of transnational studies on higher education, gender, and migration.- Yuriko Sato, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JapanThe book offers valuable insights into international mobility experiences in higher education from the voices of the Global South. These empowering perspectives significantly contribute to a comprehensive approach to internationalization in higher education post-COVID-19.- Phuong Quyen Vo, College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle, AustraliaIt’s a very interesting book that presents different points of view regarding student mobility from a global perspective. My best!- Danilo de Melo Costa, Dr., Doutor em Administração pela UFMG com Doutorado sanduíche pela York University (CAN)
