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How Context and Values Shape the Experiences of International Enrollment Managers: A Multiple Case Study

Schwartz, Charles
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1684771251877962

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2023, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Educational Studies.
The number of international students that travel abroad for their tertiary education has increased dramatically in the last twenty years. Responding to this increase in international student demand and internal motivations for prestige and financial resources, universities in the US have developed international enrollment management offices to coordinate activities that attract and enroll students from around the world. While international student motivations and university internationalization have been studied extensively, little is known about the experiences of international enrollment professionals and how they manage their enrollments. Using an organizational institutionalism framework, the purpose of this study is to determine how international enrollment managers select recruitment activities to serve the needs of their universities. Through a qualitative multicase study methodology, this research compiled data from four international enrollment managers at large, public doctoral-granting universities across the United States. Data included qualitative content analysis of university and state government websites, participant surveys, and semi-structured interviews. Findings from the study showed that access to financial resources, how university leadership valued international students, university prestige, and the strength of managers’ professional networks were all determinants of a manager’s positioning for selection. Based on that positioning, managers would pursue either isomorphic (standard) or non-isomorphic (unique) activities to recruit international students.
Holly Johnson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Everrett Smith, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Amy Farley, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
173 p.
Higher Education
international enrollment management; international higher education; international students; enrollment management; organizational institutionalism; higher education management

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  • Schwartz, C. (2023). How Context and Values Shape the Experiences of International Enrollment Managers: A Multiple Case Study [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1684771251877962

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schwartz, Charles. How Context and Values Shape the Experiences of International Enrollment Managers: A Multiple Case Study. 2023. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1684771251877962.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schwartz, Charles. "How Context and Values Shape the Experiences of International Enrollment Managers: A Multiple Case Study." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1684771251877962

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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