Exploring Student Mobility: University Flows and the Territorial Structure in Viterbo

Bostancı

et al. 2021

HEED

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and international student mobility from an alternative perspective and to reveal descriptive findings.Design/methodology/approachThis study follows qualitative research methodology. In accordance with the purpose of the study, the data were collected by the literature review and then it was analyzed by the descriptive analysis method. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on international student mobility and the relationships between these variables are explained by tables and classifications.FindingsAccording to the findings obtained, the restrictions in physical student mobility and shutdown are observed as the biggest challenges that occurred in higher education during the COVID-19. On a global scope, international student mobility has experienced a major break. Physical campus life is still on standby. Online higher education does not give any campus life as before. Students cannot benefit form city's or country's facilities when studying online at home country. The collaboration between university and business has been declined and this is even more discouraging for international students. The hybrid education model produced an intermediate solution in this period. On the other hand, the rise of online education has created new techniques for higher education. University students who cannot go abroad attend different countries lectures and education programs. But also a new challenge has come as the access of online platforms in under developing countries university students. Online education system also discussed in terms of creating inequality in higher education.Research limitations/implicationsThis study focused on student mobility and not focused about academic mobility.Practical implicationsIt is seen that the traditional higher education system has been adapted into online distance higher education system since COVID-19 crises began globally. On the other side, it is observed that most of studies have focused the effect of COVID-19 on university students based on the transition to online education. When considering the effect of pandemic process on the mobility of international students and higher education, the authors can suggest policy makers to develop new higher education protocols and teaching models supporting key issues (economic, social, health, education and equalization) in the long-term. Higher education institutes have been able to produce creative and innovative solutions for both education and communication during the pandemic process.Social implicationsUniversity students who cannot go abroad attend different countries lectures and education programs. But also a new challenge has come as the access of online platforms in under developing countries university students. Online education system also discussed in terms of creating inequality in higher education.Originality/valueThis study provides a new perspective for international student mobility in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. This is an emerging issue for the literature. This study is original with its approach to the subject from a global perspective through reviewing the studies of different countries. This study points out key variables for determining the effect of COVID-19 on international student mobility for future studies. When employing quantitative research models, the current key variables can guide them.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking mobility of international university students during COVID-19 pandemic

Bostancı

et al. 2021

HEED

“…Most of them use public transport, so they also present an ecology-oriented attitude [18,44,53]. It is also possible to deduce, what should be examined in future research, whether multimodal attitudes can also be presented by drivers using, for example, park and ride solutions in urban areas [2,54].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Aspects of Generation Y’s Sustainable Mobility

Suchanek

Szmelter-Jarosz

2019

Sustainability

This research paper identifies and explores the opinions and attitudes of young people about urban transport. It is the first study on this topic, based on the survey, analysing the mobility choices of young adults (more specifically, Generation Y) in Poland and for countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The aim of the paper is to show their travel behaviour from sustainable mobility perspective. The primary data was obtained through the online survey. The data analysis was held with use of factor analysis and ANOVA. The research results indicated the variables influencing the environmental dimension of sustainable mobility attitudes of young adults in four areas: the ecology-oriented approach to transport, opinions about sharing economy, public car concept and future transport system. The analysis of variance revealed significant differences in the ecology-oriented approach between people born in different decades, between men and women and between people with driving licences and people without them. Those results provide the insights for local authorities and mobility service providers. The recommendations at the end of the paper focus on the need for continuation of research in similar fields.

“…Furthermore, recent studies show that a higher qualification is necessary for achieving healthier lives, for increasing the probability of being appointed with better salary and for a more gratifying job (Powdthavee et al. 2015 ; Schuck and Steiber 2018 ; Zambon 2019 ). Therefore, universities are responsible for offering services that can contribute to higher opportunities for students and graduates.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At a micro-level, young people and students migration is influenced by personal experiences, by home obligations and in general by the macro-context where they are situated (Van Mol 2014;MacDonald and Marsh 2005;Serracant 2012;Farrugia and Wood 2017). Students' mobility is the result of individual decisions reflecting personal characteristics, for example, socio-economic and personal skills (Zambon 2019;Findlay et al 2012;Dreher and Poutvaara 2011;King 2002King , 2009. Students are usually inclined to move and change their place of residence in order to increase their education and to find a job (Card 1999;Schneider 2010).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

A new measure for the attitude to mobility of Italian students and graduates: a topological data analysis approach

et al. 2022

Students’ and graduates’ mobility is an interesting topic of discussion especially for the Italian education system and universities. The main reasons for migration and for the so called brain drain, can be found in the socio-economic context and in the famous North–South divide. Measuring mobility and understanding its dynamic over time and space are not trivial tasks. Most of the studies in the related literature focus on the determinants of such phenomenon, in this paper, instead, combining tools coming from graph theory and Topological Data Analysis we propose a new measure for the attitude to mobility. Each mobility trajectory is represented by a graph and the importance of the features constituting the graph are evaluated over time using persistence diagrams. The attitude to mobility of the students is then ranked computing the distance between the individual persistence diagram and the theoretical persistence diagram of the stayer student. The new approach is used for evaluating the mobility of the students that in 2008 enrolled in an Italian university. The relation between attitude to mobility and the main socio-demographic variables is investigated.