@article{657db7b584874f2c8f180ff677ce5cdc,
title = "Regional, continental, and global mobility to an emerging economy: the case of South Africa",
abstract = "This study examined mobility within the understudied region of southern Africa and particularly, the factors that drive and shape educational migration toward South Africa as a regional, continental, and global destination. Based on a survey administered to international students across seven South African universities, the findings revealed leading reasons were based on human capital and geopolitical rationales. The study also uncovered notable differences based on students{\textquoteright} geographic origins.",
keywords = "International mobility, International students, Regional hub, South Africa",
author = "Lee, {Jenny J.} and Chika Sehoole",
note = "Funding Information: This research has major implications for how international higher education is theorized and implemented. In place of the sweeping view that internationalization is unidirectional (from developing to developed countries) and undertaken for a uniform set of rationales, there is a need to further explore educational mobility within regions. The OECD () has, in fact, reported, “The growth in the internationalization of tertiary enrollment in OECD countries, as well as the high proportion of intra-regional student mobility show the growing importance of regional mobility over global mobility.” (p. 346). In other words, more and more students are seeking to study within their own region rather than travel to more distant destinations. This trend is most evident within the European Union, supported by the Erasmus program, followed by the 15 southern African states within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization () report on SADC students indicated that students from Southern Africa are the most mobile students worldwide, with six out of every hundred higher education students studying abroad. However, the data further showed that the better part of that mobility was taking place intra-regionally, with 50 %—second only to western Europe, staying in their own region. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.",
year = "2015",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10734-015-9869-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "70",
pages = "827--843",
journal = "Higher Education",
issn = "0018-1560",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "5",
}