International higher education student mobility can lead to social change in the students’ home countries. This article examines the case of the Ford Foundation’s International Fellowship Program Alumni Association in Ghana and how it has organized to affect change. Findings show that this association has assimilated many of the attributes of Wenger’s community of practice (CoP) model. These characteristics include building strong communication systems, learning together in workshops, and solving problems through regular communication: activities that have improved their “practice” of social justice advocacy. The study also challenges the CoP model in three key ways relevant to international higher education, including highlighting how graduates incorporate their overseas education in their social justice practice and the limitations of diaspora engagement. Findings aim to inform administrators and participants of international higher education schemes, with a particular focus on international scholarship programs and those seeking to promote social justice.

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社会正义实践社区：审查加纳国际奖学金校友会的案例

国际高等教育学生的流动性可以导致学生所在国家的社会变革。本文研究了加纳福特基金会国际研究金计划校友会的情况，以及它如何组织以影响变革。调查结果表明，这种关联吸收了Wenger的实践社区（CoP）模型的许多属性。这些特征包括建立强大的沟通系统，在讲习班中一起学习以及通过定期沟通解决问题：这些活动改善了其社会正义倡导的“实践”。该研究还通过与国际高等教育相关的三种主要方式挑战了CoP模型，包括强调毕业生如何将海外教育纳入他们的社会正义实践中，以及散居移民的局限性。调查结果旨在为国际高等教育计划的管理人员和参与者提供信息，特别关注国际奖学金计划和那些寻求促进社会公正的计划。