The Discursive Construction of International Students on Texas Community College Websites: An Academic Capitalism Analysis

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Community Colleges; Web Sites; Content Analysis; Foreign Students; Student Personnel Services; Global Approach; Student Diversity; Racial Differences; Equal Education

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The purpose of this content analysis study was to describe the way international student populations were conceptualized on the websites of 2-year public colleges in Texas. This inquiry replicated the Ford and Cate (2020) study, "The Discursive Construction of International Students in the USA: Prestige, Diversity, and Economic Gain." The websites of 47 community colleges listed on the Comptroller.Texas.Gov website were examined for explicit forms or representations of international students using specific web scraping steps. The three themes of globalization, racial diversity, and monetary gain from the Ford and Cate (2020) investigation informed the study. The study explored student support services provided to international students. It was determined the community college websites studied were not discursively framing their international students as diversity assets and non-domestic learners were provided the same services as their domestic peers. The paper includes a discussion of the implications for practice and concludes with a section on future research needs. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]

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