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International Students in French Universities and Grandes Écoles: A Comparative Study

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The richness of research on the internationalization of higher education and international student mobility has prepared the general framework for this study. Considering the specificity of the French higher education system, this study demands a macro perspective to understand the French HEIs transformation under the impact of internationalization and the interaction between the external incentives and the institutions.

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    GERD: Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development.

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    National Research and Development Expenditure.

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Bian, C. (2017). Conceptual Framework Building. In: International Students in French Universities and Grandes Écoles: A Comparative Study. East-West Crosscurrents in Higher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1134-4_3

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