Subject in motion: (de)capitalization and coping strategies of Tibetan “Sea Turtles” in China

• Published in: Higher education Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 881 - 898
• Main Authors: Yang, Miaoyan, Zezhen, Jiayong, Yuan, Zhenjie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2024; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Chinese students; Coping; Coping strategies; Education; Educational Mobility; Ethnicity; Foreign students; Higher Education; Individualism; Mobility; Respondents; Return to work; Selfworth; Social aspects; Students, Foreign; Study abroad; Subjective experiences; Workplaces; China; Studying abroad; Ethnicity; Mobility capital; (De)capitalization

Previous studies on Chinese overseas students have generally presumed a smooth transition from mobility to mobility capital and have lacked an ethnic perspective. In this study, we adopt mobility capital as an analytical lens to explore the life trajectories of a group of Tibetans with studying abro...