This paper examines the development of exclusive student communities internationally. These exclusive high-end residential developments have emerged over the last few years in response to a number of critical developments and drivers in the higher education sector globally, including, but not limited to, increasing commercialisation of the higher education sector, the privatisation of student accommodation and the increasing globalisation and internationalisation of the sector. This has led to the emergence of a new type of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), managed by private or commercial companies that create and maintain exclusive student communities that are redefining student accommodation, as well as the student lifestyle and experience. As a result, new types of students are emerging as very significant actors in the city, especially those seeking and consuming the lifestyles and experiences offered. Based on an analysis of the websites and marketing strategies for 10 case studies and one large global property management company, we offer a discussion about exclusive student communities, with many questions raised here, pointing to new and pressing research trajectories that need to be explored, especially those related to the potential for segregation and intense inequalities within both the city and the wider student body. We argue that this new type of exclusive PBSA, and the associated constructions of a “superior” lifestyle, are generating new frontiers in the geographies of exclusion, not just between students and the wider city but within the student population, and policy responses are required.

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构建专属学生社区：“优质”学生宿舍的兴起和新的排斥地域

本文考察了国际学生专属社区的发展。这些独家高端住宅开发项目在过去几年中应运而生，以应对全球高等教育部门的一些关键发展和驱动因素，包括但不限于高等教育部门日益商业化、学生私有化住宿以及该部门日益全球化和国际化。这导致了新型专用学生宿舍 (PBSA) 的出现，由私人或商业公司管理，这些公司创建和维护重新定义学生宿舍以及学生生活方式和体验的专属学生社区。因此，新型学生正在成为城市中非常重要的角色，尤其是那些寻求和消费所提供的生活方式和体验的人。基于对 10 个案例研究和一家大型全球物业管理公司的网站和营销策略的分析，我们提供了关于专属学生社区的讨论，这里提出了许多问题，指出了需要探索的新的紧迫的研究轨迹，尤其是那些与城市和更广泛的学生群体内潜在的隔离和严重不平等有关的问题。我们认为，这种新型的专属 PBSA 以及相关的“优质”生活方式的构建，正在产生排斥地理的新前沿，不仅在学生和更广泛的城市之间，而且在学生群体内部，并且需要政策回应.