Internationalization of Higher Education − Student’s Foreign Academic Mobility from the Czech Republic through Data Eurostudent IV Cover Image

Internacionalizace vysokého školství: Zahraniční mobilita studentů v ČR z pohledu výzkumu Eurostudent IV
Internationalization of Higher Education − Student’s Foreign Academic Mobility from the Czech Republic through Data Eurostudent IV

Author(s): Michaela Šmídová
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: mobility; HEI’s students; the Czech Republic; Eurostudent; quantitative analysis; expectations; obstacles

Summary/Abstract: Given text focuses on the quantitative analysis of student’s foreign academic mobility in the Czech Republic. The mobility is briefly defined in the context of internationalization, which is one of the priorities in the European Union and also with regard to the socio-historical connotations of student’s mobility. The main source of data for the quantitative analysis is the international research Eurostudent, specifically its fourth wave from 2008/2009 years (sample: more than 12,000 respondents − university students enrolled at higher education institutions in the Czech Republic). The basic structure and form of mobility is presented in the text and relevant statistical data of the Czech Statistical Office and OECD instead of Eurostudent data are used. Student’s opinions to mobility (expectations, experiences, obstacles) are analyzed according to whether students are or aren’t experienced with mobility. It turns out that mobility is related not only to socio-economic indicators, but also values, i.e. the student’s personality equipment.

  • Issue Year: 9/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 29-54
  • Page Count: 26