“…Li, 2002). In addition, success in doctoral studies enabled family migration (Gribble, 2008;King & Ruiz-Gelices, 2003;Xiang & Shen, 2009), supported advocacy for social justice concerns (Salmon, 1992;Stehlik, 2011), and allowed reciprocal social contribution (Valencia, 2015). Individualism was also detected, for example some mature students had further study on their 'bucket list' (Gill & Hoppe, 2009) and sought intellectual stimulation (Boulton- Lewis, 2010;Jamieson, 2007;Waller, 2006).…”