Impacts of COVID-19 on International Students and the Future of Student Mobility

This volume uses case studies and students' lived experiences to document the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on international students and explore future challenges and opportunities for student mobility within higher education. Responding to the growing need for new insights and perspectives to improve higher education policy and practice in the era of COVID-19, this text analyses the changing roles and responsibilities of institutions and international education leaders post-2020. Initial chapters highlight key issues for students that have arisen as a result of the global health crisis such as learning, well-being, and the changed emotional, legal, and financial implications of study abroad. Subsequent chapters confront potential longer-term implications of students' experiences during COVID-19, and provide critical reflection on internationalization and the opportunities that COVID-19 has presented for tertiary education systems around the world to learn from one another. This timely volume will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in online teaching and e-learning, curriculum design, and more specifically those involved with international and comparative education. Those involved with educational policy and practice, specifically related to pandemic education, will also benefit from this volume.

Krishna Bista is Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy at Morgan State University, Maryland, USA. Ryan M. Allen is Assistant Professor of Practice in the Attallah College of Educational Studies at Chapman University, California, USA. Roy Y. Chan is Assistant Professor of Education and Director of the Doctorate of Education (EdD) program in Leadership and Professional Practice in the Helen DeVos College of Education at Lee University, Tennessee, USA.

Foreword fromJenny J. Lee - A New Golden Age in International Higher Education: Challenges and Successes during the Pandemic and Beyond Krishna Bista, Ryan M. Allen, and Roy Y. Chan Part I: Documenting International Student Experience during COVID-19 - Stay in the U.S. or Return to China: Push-Pull Factors Influencing International Students' Choices during COVID-19 Yanhao Wang - Distressed in a Foreign Country: Mental Health and Well-Being among International Students in the United States During COVID-19 Katie Koo - Exploring the Extent of International Undergraduate Students' Academic Struggles during the COVID-19 Pandemic Barry Fass-Holmes - Never Getting Off the Ground or Heading Home Early: Student Perceptions and Experiences of Study Abroad Disruption during COVID-19 William L. Harder and Jamie L. Mullaney Part II: Managing the Pandemic: Perspectives from International Faculty, Staff, and Services - Managing the Pandemic: Perspectives of Campus Administrative Staff at a University in Poland Kamil Luczaj, Olga Kurek-Ochmanska, Andrzej Rozmus - "A Lot Has Become Muted:" Supporting LGBTQ+ Students Living at Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic Grey Reavis, Nicholas Antonicci, Kim Manturuk - Online Teaching Experience as a Member of International Faculty during the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China Benjamin H. Nam - Strategies and Responsibilities of Expanding International Education Partnerships during COVID-19: A Case of Overseas Operation of a U.S. Public University Ruth Lu and Chao "Phoebe" You - Shifting Modalities: Lessons of the Transition to e-Learning due to COVID-19 G. Blue Brazelton and Betsy Buford Part III: Reimagining Policies, Programs, and Progress: Future International Education - International Students at the Intersection of Local Policy and Global Emergency Max Crumley-Effinger - Will International Education in the U.S. Enter the Post-China Era? Yingyi Ma - Navigating through COVID-19 Complexity: An Assessment-Centered Transdisciplinary Approach for Internationalizing the Curriculum Jasper Kun-Ting Hsieh and Amanda Wing Shee Yeung - Lessons Learned? Internationalization of Higher Education in Mexico from (A)H1N1 to COVID-19 Santiago Castiello-Gutiérrez and Mónica Irene Camacho Lizárraga - Epilogue: What's Next? A New Era Ryan M. Allen, Krishna Bista, and Roy Y. Chan