Assessing policies for attracting international students: case of Malaysia

• Main Authors: Tham,, Siew Yean, Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal, Alavi, Rokiah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2013
• Subjects: LB2300 Higher Education; LC65 Social aspects of education
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/29222/1/nahmad_accessing_policies.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/29222/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

While the world market for international students in higher education is dominated by traditional major players such as the US, UK and Australia, Malaysia has emerged as a recent contender with a market share of 2%. There is a gap in the literature in assessing the contributions of policy initiative...