That sounds very interesting. I think that usually universities might have data available about their alumni. You could use this data as basis for your analysis. Otherwise, you would need to collect the data - also here you could use the alumni database of universities in order to contact former students.  

Best of luck! 

That sounds very interesting. I think that usually universities might have data available about their alumni. You could use this data as basis for your analysis. Otherwise, you would need to collect the data - also here you could use the alumni database of universities in order to contact former students.  

Best of luck! 

You can also use the Open Door website that tracks stats on international students that can be very helpful. I have also done some research on international students that I hope can be of some help for you. I specifically mentioned the need to improve learning transfer for international students as the host-country curriculum does not always accommodate the international perspective.

https://www.iie.org/opendoors

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Thank you so much for the valuable feedback @ Mr. Samuel & Debra.

The immediate thought I had was qualitative interviews to explore the reasons behind the fact (whichever that fact will be), so a two staged approach.

Quantitatively explore the connection between the variables and then qualitatively ask the questions "why" and "how".

Best

Roland

In my view, to examine the impact of internationalization of education on career development from the quantitative perspective, it is necessary to clearly define those constructs of internationalization and career development and operationalize those variables representing them. In your case, as you are attempting to measure impact, career development seems the dependent variable. If you want to try a causal link between them independent and dependent variables must be clearly defined. After that you need to identify indicators of internationalization and career development. Finally, you need to try a sort of bi-variate correlation and multiple regression analyses, or other deepening on the nature of the instrument used to measure them. I suggest a quantitative perspective because it provides you the opportunity to measure impacts in a more robust way. Wit this in mind, it is still advantageous to look for qualitative methods as well. With the help of a qualitative method, you can respond to the why and how questions through involving alumni in interviews, for example.

All the very best,

Tefera

Great comments! (helpful to my own research as well).

I believe an additional thing to consider is the possibility and range of a longitudinal study. More than defining the variables and metrics (as very well pointed by Tefera above), it is crucial to understand (from a sociological perspective) that "career development" refers to an ongoing process. And the finite academic "experience" of internationalization has many different impacts in various different phases of an individual's professional/career development.

This is another interesting refrence from IIE: 

https://www.iie.org/Research-and-Insights/IFP-Alumni-Tracking-Study 

Also check the posts from "Measuring Success?" : https://www.acu.ac.uk/about-us/blog/measuring-success

All the best,

Frederico.

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