A Critical Perspective on Short-term Mobility

The Kazakhstan Experience

Authors

  • Aliya Kuzhabekova Nazarbayev University
  • Botagoz Ispambetova Nazarbayev University

Keywords:

short-term mobility, international mobility, sponsored international students, critical internationalization, Kazakhstani higher education

Abstract

Based on the results of interviews with Kazakhstani government-sponsored international students, this article argues that the benefits of short-term mobility do not accrue equally to the host and sending institutions. Northern institutions are the main beneficiaries, generating revenue from international student fees. Southern institutions are often degraded to secondary roles in capacity-building projects, whereby they must perform more effort-intensive and seldom recognized administrative and field responsibilities, while gaining few results.

 

Author Biographies

Aliya Kuzhabekova, Nazarbayev University

Aliya Kuzhabekova is associate professor at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. E-mail: Aliya.kuzhabekova@nu.edu.kz.

 

Botagoz Ispambetova, Nazarbayev University

Botagoz Ispambetova is a PhD student at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. E-mail: Botagoz.ispambetova@nu.edu.kz.

 

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Published

2023-07-28

How to Cite

Kuzhabekova, A., & Ispambetova, B. (2023). A Critical Perspective on Short-term Mobility: The Kazakhstan Experience. International Higher Education, (115), 18–20. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/16783

Issue

No. 115 (2023): Summer Issue

Section

Articles

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