This study critically examines the self-reported experiences of international graduate students using a framework understanding internationalization as acquisitions and mergers. Students reported positive experiences with their advisors. However, students’ accounts of laboratories and other research settings were diverse, ranging from co-contributors to knowledge and respected collaborators to employed cheap labor that their advisors depended upon for their own gains. In some cases, these students feared that their funding would be cut off or dismissed from the program (and consequently deported from the US) if they challenged their advisors. Whether such apprehensions were valid is unknown as this study focused on perceptions of the students only. The findings do lead to important future directions for research and practice.

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国际研究生劳动作为并购

本研究使用将国际化理解为收购和兼并的框架，批判性地审查了国际研究生的自我报告经历。学生们报告了他们与顾问的积极经历。然而，学生对实验室和其他研究环境的描述是多种多样的，从共同贡献者到知识和受人尊敬的合作者，再到他们的顾问依靠其谋取私利的廉价劳动力。在某些情况下，这些学生担心如果他们挑战他们的导师，他们的资助将被切断或从该计划中取消（并因此被驱逐出美国）。这种担忧是否有效尚不清楚，因为这项研究仅关注学生的看法。这些发现确实为研究和实践带来了重要的未来方向。