Open Access‘Edugration’ as a wicked problem: the ethics of higher education-migration
Author(s) -
Lisa Ruth Brunner
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
comparative and international higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2151-0407
pISSN - 2151-0393
DOI - 10.32674/jcihe.v13i5s.4061
Subject(s) - immigration , higher education , political science , sociology , engineering ethics , public relations , law , engineering
The recruitment and retention of post-secondary international students as ‘skilled’ immigrants has become a distinct form of immigration, shifting the role of higher education in society. This paper proposes the term edugration – an amalgamation of ‘education’ and ‘migration’ – to describe this system. It also argues that edugration presents an ethically ‘wicked problem’ (Rittel & Webber, 1973), requiring not only increased attention from higher/international education scholars, but also a shift in our analytic approach.