Exploring College Student’s Perspectives on Global Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery

Education Sciences

Fu-Rong Sun¹  Dian-Fu Chang²  Shu-Jing Wu³ 

[1] College of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China;Graduate Institute of Educational Policy and Leadership, Tamkang University, New Taipei City 251301, Taiwan;School of Education Science, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, China;

关键词: COVID-19 pandemic;    global mobility;    higher education;    internationalization;    structural equation modeling (SEM);    multi-group invariance analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3390/educsci10090218

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

At the time of writing, more than 22 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported worldwide, and at least 770 thousand deaths. Under the pressure of the pandemic, promoting global mobility has become an emerging issue in higher education settings. Although various methods of enhancing student mobility have been implemented, little research has as yet confirmed the pandemic challenges for students. This study investigates the global mobility of Chinese college students and the factors influencing their travel decisions. A self-designed questionnaire, consisting of 15 critical indicators of mobile capabilities, intentions, and implementation decisions, was administered to collect data from 2226 participants. The Minitab and Amos software were used to conduct exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and to detect latent relationships among the data with structural equation modeling (SEM). The SEM and logistic regression model provide a clear picture of the relations among the variables, and show that international intention is the key indicator of global mobility implementation under pressure.

【 授权许可】

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