The purpose of this exploratory study is an examination of some perceptions of US education, as experienced by foreign MBA students.,A longitudinal field study captured perceptions of a group of 51 international students over a one-year interval. The first anticipatory survey was done in India, and the follow-up was made in the USA at the end of a foreign sojourn semester. Inter-item correlations and t-tests were used to examine variance in student perceptions, highlighted by qualitative elements.,In general, the students went home, less impressed than they had expected to be in terms of the perceived general quality of the American business education, as well as their abilities to make friends with the local people. Additionally, the observed preparation of the American students for master’s studies was not nearly as high as the foreign students had anticipated.,Results are not generalizable to broad populations, as the sample was small and localized.,Emerging markets are successfully luring locals and sojourners based on cost and proximity as they achieve greater legitimacy in their institutional credentials. This could challenge the preeminence of Western higher education, especially in light of concerns arising from marketization and rigor. Meanwhile, developed market institutions need to be strategically mindful of their international guests as a resource rather than a commodity.,Extant internationalization studies tend to focus on administrative viewpoints, whereas this research examines the perspective of international students, which may be indicative of lessening gaps between perceptions of quality of developed and emerging market higher education.

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国际学生对西方经验的看法

这项探索性研究的目的是对外国MBA学生所经历的对美国教育的一些看法进行考察。一项纵向实地研究捕获了在一年的时间间隔内对51名国际学生的看法。第一次预期调查是在印度进行的，随后的随访是在外国定居期结束后在美国进行的。项目间的相关性和t检验用于检验学生看法的变化，以质性元素为重点。总的来说，学生回家后对美国企业的总体素质印象不如预期教育以及他们与当地人交朋友的能力。此外，观察到的美国学生攻读硕士学位的准备工作不及外国学生预期的那么高。由于样本量小且本地化，结果无法推广到广大人群。新兴市场成功地吸引了当地人和寄居者成本和邻近性，因为它们在机构证书方面具有更大的合法性。这可能会挑战西方高等教育的优越性，尤其是考虑到市场化和严格性引起的担忧。同时，发达的市场机构需要从战略上考虑作为资源而不是商品的国际客人。现有的国际化研究往往侧重于管理观点，而本研究则考察了国际学生的观点，