“Combining broad institutional analysis with granular details and vivid voices, Constructing Student Mobility provides a compelling—and changing—portrait of the linchpin of global education. Kim's book is requisite reading for anyone interested in higher education today.”
John Lie, C. K. Cho Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
“Innovative and beautifully-written, this book focuses on both institutional configurations to shape global student mobility and individual-level student motivations and actions to achieve their own education mobility. A must-read.”
Yingyi Ma, Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Syracuse University
“Kim artfully transports readers across the globe in this important, expertly crafted text. Its relevance and implications reach far beyond Seoul and Berkeley. Definitely the very best thing I've ever read on international student mobility.”
Shaun Harper, Provost Professor, University of Southern California
“As a fellow Korean American, I am proud that such a book about students from my homeland exists. As a scholar in the field, I gained a deeper appreciation of the new future of international student mobility.”
Jenny J. Lee, Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice, University of Arizona; editor of U.S. Power in International Higher Education
“Constructing Student Mobility takes a novel approach in the study of international students... Its analytical lens is institutional and cultural.”
New York Journal of Books
“I appreciated Kim's human touch, bringing to life the students, professors, and administrators she spoke with—and even putting a bit of herself on the pages.”
Karin Fischer
Latitudes, The Chronicle of Higher Education
“A timely and relevant analysis of the challenges and changes in today's higher education landscape.”
Transitions
“The scholarly contributions of this book carry significant value in filling a noticeable gap between higher education scholars and practitioners whose audiences are connected to international students.”
Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
“A timely and compelling work that delves into the intricate dynamics of international student mobility, with a specific focus on South Korean students' experiences between the US and South Korea.”
Pacific Affairs
“[Constructing Student Mobility] makes its readers… reflect on and better understand the extreme complexity of the global higher education market, which is underpinned by a large ecosystem constituted by individual and institutional actors.”
Higher Education
Winner, Best Book, Association for the Study of Higher Education Significant Research on International Higher Education Award 2023
