The social class barriers to engagement in leadership experiences

Abstract

This chapter examines the barriers that prohibit poor and working‐class students from accessing and engaging in leadership development experiences. Suggestions to inventory these costs and reshape leadership education to be more inclusive to students from poor or working‐class backgrounds are included.

Reimagining Higher Education in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Chinese Students’ Desires for Overseas Learning and Implications for University Governance

“…International higher education faces more significant challenges as border closures and travel restrictions disrupted international mobility for education, networking, and collaborations (Oleksiyenko et al, 2021 ). The rising xenophobia against Chinese and Asian students and parochial nationalism create obstacles for the international higher education system (Mok, 2021 ; Soria, 2021 ). Recent research suggests that international students face different forms of cultural, social, and psychological well-being issues during the pandemic (Mok, 2021 ; Li et al, 2020 ; Haft and Zhou, 2021 ).…”