Educational Destination Research Articles

STUDY OF THE CONCEPTS OF “REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL CLUSTER" AND "REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL DESTINATION”: THEORETICAL OVERVIEW

The article presents a theoretical overview of scientific views on the concept of “cluster”. This overview was carried out within the framework of using cluster models of economic development at the national and regional levels in terms of ensuring sustainable competitiveness of socio-economic systems. The issues of searching for factors of growth of competitiveness through such a promising direction as the formation of educational clusters are considered. It is determined that, on the one hand, regional educational clusters can become the basic basis, thanks to which a national innovation system will be formed. On the other hand, their development will contribute to the growth of the socio-economic potential of the territory, and will increase the level of competitiveness of the region. The article provides a brief overview of scientific views on the concept of “regional educational cluster”.The article proves that the problem of sustainable development and growth of the competitiveness of socio-economic systems at the regional level can be investigated based on the provisions of the general theory of systems. Through the prism of concepts from the category of territorial social systems, the concept of “destination” can be used.The article presents a theoretical overview of scientific views on the concept of “destination”, first of all, as an element of the tourist system. The issues of the typology of destinations on various grounds are considered, and attention is focused on such a type of destination as an educational tourist destination. It is proved that the analysis and assessment of the modern system of educational tourist destinations, the identification of the purpose of regional educational tourist destinations can be appropriate in the formation of the unique competitive advantages of the region. Given today’s unfavourable conditions for the development of tourism activities in general, including for educational tourism, for further research in the field of ensuring sustainable competitiveness of socio-economic systems at the regional level it is proposed to use such a concept as “regional educational destination”.The article proves that the use of the concepts of “regional educational cluster” and “regional educational destination” allows the use of the most complete range of tools for a multifaceted study of the competitive advantages of regional markets of educational services.

Perceptions of International Students in Indian Higher Education Campuses

The global competition for international students has fuelled the need for education providers to become more consumer oriented in their planning. Our purpose with this study was to understand international student perceptions and discuss corresponding approaches. In this qualitative study we interviewed twenty international students enrolled in two Indian universities to examine: one, their feelings about being an international student in India and two, what attracted them to India as a higher education destination. Our findings suggest that, the people on campus and in the host city are vital to delivering experiences. We identified “quality of education,” “cultural diversity” and the “rapidly growing economy” as the most noteworthy among several factors that have motivated the selection of India as a host country. We discuss the findings through different conceptual lenses and implications for managers have been presented. This research acts as market intelligence input to the Indian HE policy makers and university leaders.

Examining the link between country-specific pull factors and international student mobility in the United Arab Emirates

To further grow Dubai and the United Arab Emirates as a higher education (HE) destination for international students, Visit Dubai (2020) collaborated with the Knowledge and Human Development Author...

Recurring Issues in Indonesia’s Islamic Education: The Needs for Religious Literacy

Religious education plays an important role in Indonesia, not only in religious schools but also in all schools and in community development. A number of studies show that Indonesian religious education currently faces challenges in managing the problem of religious radicalism, especially in the context of a conservative society. This research focuses on various religious problems in the community that teachers often encounter during their interactions in schools and communities, with specific reference to Islamic education. This research was conducted using the Focus Group Discussion method which involved 28 religious education teachers from DKI Jakarta, Banten, and West Java. This research explores recurring religious issues in Indonesian society that require further attention in developing religious education programs. Looking at it from the perspective of religious literacy, this study found that multiculturalism, tolerance, and prejudice are the most recurring problems in society. Recognizing the growing challenges to Indonesia's plural society, religious literacy can be used as an alternative destination for religious education. Religious education must be directed towards students’ correct understanding of various religious beliefs and traditions, in addition to strengthening the faith and practice of students' own religious beliefs.

Penguatan Community Development Petani Nanas Desa Palaan melalui Digital Marketing

Palaan Village, Kecamatan Ngajum, Kabupaten Malang, has a village superior product embryo, namely premium quality pineapple. At the same time it has an educational destination for pineapple villages. Pineapple farmers in Palaan have problems that often suffer losses when selling their harvests through middlemen. The problem of partners is divided into two: 1) conventional harvest sales, and 2) financial management is not yet able. Then the activities that can be carried out to answer these problems through digital marketing training by creating an online store for crop marketing. As well as providing knowledge and skills of a simple financial system application for managing crop yields. The results of this activity in the form of an online shop owned by a group of farmers managed by Karang Taruna and Bumdes. And a simple financial system application for pineapple farmers in Palaan Village. The use of this application, the marketing target is more extended to all regions in Indonesia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26905/abdimas.v5i2.4361

The influence of information sources on learner’s higher education destination: A survey of Grade 12 learners in the Tshwane Metropolitan

The influence of information sources on learner’s higher education destination: A survey of Grade 12 learners in the Tshwane Metropolitan

Relasi kuasa foulcout di Universitas Samudera Langsa

Despite applying Islamic sharia, the city of Langsa, through Universitas Samudera, was able to become a newmagnet for non-Muslim students as an educational destination in Aceh. On the other hand, as a minority, theirexistence needs to be explored. This study aims to describe the forms of tolerance accepted by non-Muslimstudents, describe the impact of tolerance on their daily lives, and describe the power relations between lecturersand non-Muslim students. This research took place from May to October 2019 and involved five non-Muslimstudents, two religious lecturers and a campus authority representative. This study uses a qualitative approachwith ethnographic types, and uses three methods of data collection, namely observation (fieldnotes), interviews(open-ended questions) and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) which are analyzed using reading, describing, andclassifying techniques. The results of this study indicate that there are several forms of tolerance accepted bynon-Muslim students, namely; the option to not take the semester exams and take grades from the church, thefreedom to work on assignments according to their perspectives and beliefs, and given the freedom to participatein discussions. Apart from the power of lecturers to carry out Islamization, religious lecturers carry out theirduties professionally. The effort of Islamization is carried out by providing a correct explanation of Islamaccompanied by evidence of its truth, not in striking and coercive ways.

Multi-dimensional Schoolings: An Utmost Incentive for Social Stratification in a Society (An Analytical Study of Multi Curriculums Taught in Different Educational Institutions in Pakistan)

An educational institution has a significant role in society. For children's schooling, a school, its environment, teachers and curriculum hold a valuable position. Pre, Primary and secondary levels of school curriculums, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities are more valuable in one’s conceptual growth. In Pakistan, multi types of curriculums are being taught in different educational institutions. Some institutions are under state supervision and on the private level, some are under international education systems, some educational institutions are under religious sects, some schools have mixed type of curriculum; religious and international. All these institutions, train their students according to their educational aims and goals. In a single society, multi types of curriculums and objectives mean the preparation of students having different schoolings, mental approaches and different educational destinations. Their preferences, social directions, heroes, struggles, activities and even cultural norms (materialistic and non-materialistic) become different. So there is a need to highlight the impacts of different schoolings by different educational institutions in Pakistan. The main objective of this study is to elaborate on the cause of social stratification due to different educational curricular activities and schoolings. The research methodology of this paper was qualitative and views of some teachers and experts were quoted at the end.

Understanding Travel Constraints: An Exploratory Study of Inbound International Students in China

China has been considered as one of the top 10 countries for international education destinations. Inbound students’ traveling in China, however, involves various uncertainties and constraints that can inhibit their participation. This study adopted the qualitative methodology and 17 in-depth interviews. The results suggest that inbound international tourists in China are subject to some travel constraints, including the lack of accurate information and specialized equipment required in some areas, or the insecurity caused by the lack of perceived skills and the inability to feel a sense of control and mobility. These limiting factors will greatly affect the type, frequency and destination choice of tourism activities for inbound international students. Implications and limitations are also discussed.

IMPLEMENTASI GOOD HOUSEKEEPING (GHK) UNTUK PENGEMBANGAN POTENSI DESA WISATA MELALUI PAKET WISATA DAN EDUKASI BATIK DI DESA KALIPUCANG KABUPATEN BATANG

<p>Tourism and the existence of an area are two interrelated components. Tourism sites build the image of an area and influence the socio-economic community and the area. Kalipucang is a village that is famous as a center for batik production in Kabupaten Batang. This village has the potential to become an education tourism village. The development of educational-based tourism is in accordance with one of the 9 superior work programs of Bupati Kabupaten Batang in 2017 - 2022, namely the revitalization of tourism objects and building new educational destinations that are educational, based on community empowerment. Many concepts of science in Batik there are owned by the Kalipucang, need to be balanced with the existence of a good concept of batik production management. One of them is Good Housekeeping (GHK) which deals with several practical steps to improve operational performance, improve organizational learning procedures and improve occupational safety and health. This concept management can reflect the identity of tourism and education packages in Kalipucang. The purpose of this study is to identify the socio-economic conditions and the availability of facilities and infrastructure that support the implementation of GHK in Kalipucang, Kabupaten Batang, find out the results of the SWOT analysis in Kalipucang, implementing the GHK concept as the development of educational tourism potential in the of Kalipucang village. The results in of this study are recommendations: the GHK concept in Kalipucang in the form of an eco-map of the batik industry. From the data analysis, the GHK concept application was carried out at one location used for batik learning media for visitors coming to the Kalipucang. Then, a replication of the development plans of other villages has the potential for educational tourism in the field of batik in Kabupaten Batang Regency.</p>

21st Century International Higher Education Hotspots

The Institute of International Education (IIE) 2018 Open Doors report highlighted that the United States is the leading international education destination, having hosted about 1.1 million international students in 2017 (IIE, 2018a). Despite year over year increases, U.S. Department of State (USDOS, 2018) data show that for a third year in a row, international student visa issuance is down. This is not the first decline. Student visa issuance for long-term academic students on F visas also significantly dropped following the 9/11 attacks (Johnson, 2018). The fall in issuances recovered within 5 years of 2001 and continued to steadily increase until the drop in 2016. 
 Taken together, the drops in international student numbers indicate a softening of the U.S. international education market. In 2001, the United States hosted one out of every three globally mobile students, but by 2018 it hosted just one of five (IIE, 2018b). This suggests that over the past 20 years, the United States has lost a share of mobile students in the international education market because they’re enrolled elsewhere. 
 The Rise of Nontraditional Education Destination Countries
 Unlike the United States, the percentage of inbound students to other traditional destinations such as Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, has remained stable since the turn of the 21st century. Meanwhile, nontraditional countries like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Russia are garnering more students and rising as educational hotspots (Knight, 2013). The UAE and Russia annually welcome thousands of foreign students, respectively hosting over 53,000 and 194,000 inbound international university students in 2017 (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2019). This is not happenstance. In the past 5 years, these two countries, among others, have adopted higher education internationalization policies, immigration reforms, and academic excellence initiatives to attract foreign students from around the world.
 The UAE is one of six self-identified international education hubs in the world (Knight, 2013) and with 42 international universities located across the emirates, it has the most international branch campuses (IBCs) worldwide (Cross-Border Education Research Team, 2017). Being a country composed of nearly 90% immigrants, IBCs allow the UAE to offer quality higher education to its non-Emirati population and to attract students from across the Arab region and broader Muslim world. National policy and open regulations not only encourage foreign universities to establish IBCs, they alsoattract international student mobility (Ilieva, 2017). For example, on November 24, 2018, the national government updated immigration policy to allow foreign students to apply for 5-year visas (Government.ae, 2018). The Centennial 2071 strategic development plan aims for the UAE to become a regional and world leader in innovation, research, and education (Government.ae, 2019), with the long-term goal of creating the conditions necessary to attract foreign talent.
 Russia’s strategic agenda also intends to gain a greater competitive advantage in the world economy by improving its higher education and research capacity. Russia currently has two higher education internationalization policies: “5-100-2020” and “Export Education.” The academic excellence project, known as “5-100-2020,” funds leading institutions with the goal to advance five Russian universities into the top 100 globally by 2020 (Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, 2018). The “Export Education” initiative mandates that all universities double or triple the number of enrolled foreign students to over half a million by 2025 (Government.ru, 2017). These policies are explicitly motivated by boosting the Russian higher education system and making it more open to foreigners. Another growing area is international cooperation. Unlike the UAE, Russia has few IBCs, but at present, Russian universities partner with European and Asian administrators and government delegates to create dual degree and short-term programs. Historically, Russia has been a leading destination for work and education migrants from soviet republics in the region, but new internationalization policies are meant to propel the country into the international education market and to attract international students beyond Asia and Europe. 
 Future Trends in 21st Century International Education 
 Emerging destination hotspots like the UAE and Russia are vying to become more competitive in the global international higher education market by offering quality education at lower tuition rates in safe, welcoming locations closer to home. As suggested by the softening of the U.S. higher education market, international students may find these points attractive when considering where to study. Sociopolitical shifts that result from events such as 9/11 or the election of Donald Trump in combination with student mobility recruitment initiatives in emerging destinations may disrupt the status quo for traditional countries by rerouting international student enrollment to burgeoning educational hotspots over the coming decades.

International student recruitment campaign: experiences of selected flagship universities in China

Along with the significant improvement of Chinese universities’ visibility in the global higher education field, the Chinese government has been actively branding “Study in China” in recent years to market itself as a prevalent destination for international education. International enrolment has gained increasing importance and become a key component of the internationalisation discourse in China. Borrowing the theories of field and capital, this study aims to obtain a more nuanced understanding of China’s position as a leading host country for international students. Using a multiple-case study design, this study investigates the motivations for selected flagship universities in China to campaign to recruit international students, and in what way these are nested with the national priorities, as well as the key recruitment strategies and technologies they have employed. The findings help reveal the distinctiveness of the Chinese model of international student recruitment. A shift in priorities is also noted as well as controversies and tensions in respect to the employment of various recruitment strategies. The lessons of leading universities in China offer insights both for researchers and policymakers in many countries to rethink their strategies to increase their nations and universities’ presence in the global landscape.

“I Post, therefore I Become #cosmopolitan”: The materiality of online representations of study abroad in China

AbstractDrawing on social media content created by Western‐situated transnational students as well as two international branch campuses in China, this article scrutinises the textual and visual rhetoric made available by transnational students and international branch campuses for public consumption. Particularly, it describes the ways in which intranational branch campuses and transnational students co‐produce, perform, and curate cosmopolitan sensibilities through social media. Theoretically, this paper proposes the analytical lens of materiality as one way to understand the narrative strategies employed by international branch campuses to construct China as a unique and desirable destination for international education, and by transnational students from North America and European countries to exhibit cosmopolitan practices within domains of their everyday life in China.

Branding China through the internationalization of higher education sector: an international students’ perspective from China

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to understand how nation branding initiatives complement education diplomacy for a country such as China and to investigate how country distance shapes perceptions of China across a large international student contingency in China. We use Ghemawat’s [(2001). Distance still matters. Harvard Business Review, 79(8), 137–147] CAGE distance framework, nation branding theory [Anholt, 2007. Competitive identity: The new brand management for nations, cities and regions. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan] and brand equity theory [Aaker, D. A. (1991). Managing brand equity. New York, NY: The Free Press; Yoo & Donthu (2001). Developing and validating a multidimensional consumer-based brand equity scale. Journal of Business Research, 52(1), 1–14] to provide theoretical support for the answers to our questions. It was found out that country distances are relevant in determining national images. While national image dimensions for China positively influence behavioral intentions related to China and positively contribute to the brand equity of HEIs. A multi-group analysis shows that significant differences exist between international students belonging to different regions in their disposition towards China as a country and China as a destination for higher education. The international strategies of firms in shaping perceptions related to national images.

ІNTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN UKRAINE: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY AND PROSPECTS

The present study explores current state of play of international medical student population in Ukraine. Their number in national medical universities has been constantly rising since 2006. Ukraine is a country of international medical students’ destination for higher medical or pharmaceutical education. Ukraine is not only one of the biggest suppliers of international students to the European Union in European Higher Education Area, but it is also a host country for international students primarily from Asia and Africa. The survey aimed at studying international medical students’ current needs and perspectives was conducted at Bogomolets National Medical University in 2019. The university is chosen as it is situated in the capital city. Sample was composed of 60 first-year international medical students, chosen at a random. It allowed students to provide feedback on their country of origin, educational background, preferences, satisfaction in quality of educational service in a host country, ways of financing the study and future career plans. Among the reasons of international students’ choice of Ukraine as a place for study are their preference of the country, high quality education, friends’ advice and geographical location. The research results show that international medical students consider Ukraine not only as high quality medical education provider but as perspective country for postgraduate employment. The research results allow us to hypothesise that the current needs and perspectives of international medical students at one medical university are likely to be typical for other national medical universities and for Ukraine in whole. It is concluded, that increasing international students’ population requires regular monitoring and special researches by universities and government. These measures will make benefits in international university strategy and national educational policy coordination

Smart Government: The Involvement of Government Towards Public Services in Yogyakarta for Smart Development

Development digital technology influencing public service handled by government that purpose makes easy access to share information. Government renew of public services more favorable is kinds of supporting smart city programs. Smart city program has purpose creates good services that citizen participation in Government services. The study regarding that involvement of government in public services within smart development concept. Located of research conducted in Yogyakarta with vision as center of education, culture and tourism destination in Southeast Asia. Other hand, Government of Yogyakarta was introducing digital platform in the year 2015. Previously, Website is platform aspiration for citizens. Drawback, government needs cross and check about complaints. In mean time, reason makes government to upgrading of digital platform related to Indonesia Program. Jogja Smart Services (JSS) is first platform based on software application with features. Jogja Smart Services has collaboration government element, due to JSS brings smart city program. The year in 2015 introduces that application users not significant. This study uses descriptive research that analyzed with interview conducted key informant. The informant separated by department, agencies as provides of application also society and non-government organization as users. The application supporting features collaborates with private sector and stake holders. The purpose of study as problem solve in cases of involvement of Government toward public services, and issues on user and non-user. With qualitative approach regarding the research methods to get results based on data analysis and concern toward smart government. Due to, the research get data from element or leads and actor involvement in this application.

Analysis of factors influencing international student destination choice: a case of Indian HE

ABSTRACT The inflow of international students to Indian higher education has remained low and this should be a matter of great concern. As a piece of country-specific research, this paper aims to understand the factors that influence an international students’ choice of India as a higher education destination. The results of an exploratory factor analysis indicate that international students enrolled in Indian universities considered conducive structural elements, the quality of education on offer, the cultural appeal of India, prospects of job in the destination country and the opportunity to learn English as the most important factors in host country selection. Further, a cluster analysis based on the identified factors specifies four international student segments that policymakers must pay attention to while formulating strategies to attract overseas students. This research provides an understanding into the destination choice motivations of an understudied market in an increasingly significant region of the world.

Analisis Standar Penilaian Pendidikan Pada Pendidikan Dasar Dan Menengah Di Indonesia

Standar Penilaian Pendidikan is a part of Standar Nasional Pendidikan, where the form of explanation is from mandate of Undang-undang Nomor 20 Tahun 2003 concerning Sistem Pendidikan Nasional. The educators should understand on standar penilaian pendidikan, and know the background juridicial foundation of standar penilaian, mechanism, configuration, and evaluation procedure. Product of law is related to penilaian pendidikan, has set how is mechanism, configuration, education assessment instrument from SD, SMP, SMA, and University. With understanding the juridicial foundation which is related to education assessment, so educators must have a role to lead education quality that has been standared, so the destination of education in Indonesia can be realized.

Analisis Standar Penilaian Pendidikan Pada Pendidikan Dasar Dan Menengah Di Indonesia

Standar Penilaian Pendidikan is a part of Standar Nasional Pendidikan, where the form of explanation is from mandate of Undang-undang Nomor 20 Tahun 2003 concerning Sistem Pendidikan Nasional. The educators should understand on standar penilaian pendidikan, and know the background juridicial foundation of standar penilaian, mechanism, configuration, and evaluation procedure. Product of law is related to penilaian pendidikan, has set how is mechanism, configuration, education assessment instrument from SD, SMP, SMA, and University. With understanding the juridicial foundation which is related to education assessment, so educators must have a role to lead education quality that has been standared, so the destination of education in Indonesia can be realized.

Global linguistic capital, global cultural capital: International student migrants in China’s two-track international education market

While China is one of the major source countries of students abroad, it is increasingly also becoming an educational destination. China receives the largest share of international students in Asia, through the government’s strong initiative to bring international educational migrants into its own territory. This study aims to understand how and why international student migrants choose China as an educational destination. It is drawn from 45 qualitative interviews that the author conducted in both the source and target countries. This article comparatively explores international student migrants who enrolled in Chinese-language non-degree and degree programs, on the one hand, and international students who studied in English-language degree programs, on the other, in China. The theoretical component of this research is based on two interrelated concepts – global linguistic capital and global cultural capital – both of which are regarded as motivational bases for cultivating the experience of living in China as well as future career trajectories and prospects elsewhere. By looking at international student migrants’ understanding and undertaking of studies abroad, this article illuminates how the experience of international students as an educationally channeled migration, in the newly structured two-track educational system of the international education market, engages with these different forms of capital in various ways.