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Volume 47, No. 1, 2017, pages 171-190  \nAccompanying Partners of International Students: Reflections on Three Issues  \nDan Cui  \nUniversity of California, Berkeley, & University of British Columbia  \nNancy Arthur  \nUniversity of Calgary  \nJosé F. Domene  \nUniversity of New Brunswick  \nAbstract  \nThis paper reviews and critiques the existing literature on accompanying partners of international students (APIS), who are often an ignored population in programs and services for the internationalization of Canadian higher education. Particularly, we identify three issues. First, we argue that current research on this group overwhelmingly focuses on their social and cultural adaptation difficulties while ignoring their agency in dealing with life challenges in the host society. Second, we note that research on this population should go beyond an overemphasis on gender, to include a comprehensive analysis of how gender intersects with other unequal social relations, such as race and class, in contributing to the complexity and multiplicity of their lived experiences. Finally, we suggest that rather than conflatingAPIS with trailing partners of expatriates or immigrants and treating them as a homogenous group, researchers should do more to address their heterogeneity from an anti-essentialist approach.  \nRésumé  \nCet article examine la littérature existantesurlespartenaires accompagnateursd’étudiants internationaux (PAEI), une population souvent ignorée dans  \nCJHE / RCES Volume 47, No. 1, 2017  \nAccompanying Partners of International Students / D. Cui, N. Arthur, & J. F. Domene 172  \nles programmes et services pour l’internationalisation de l’enseignementsupérieur canadien, et formule quelques critiques sur le sujet. On y relève trois points en particulier. Dans un premier temps, nous postulons que les recherches actuelles sur les PAEI se concentrent exclusivement sur leurs difficultés d’adaptation sociales et culturelles, et ignorent leur entremise dans la gestion des défis de la société d’accueil. Deuxièmement, nous remarquons que les recherches surlesPAEI doivent sepoursuivre au-delà dela trop grande importance accordée au genre, et proposer une analyse complète sur la façon dont le genre s’entrecroise avec d’autres facteurs d’inégalités sociales, telsl’ethnie et la classe sociale, qui contribuent à la complexité et à la multiplicité de leurs expériences de vie. En dernier ressort, nous suggérons qu’au lieud’amalgamer les PAEI avec le flux de partenaires d’expatriés ou d’immigrants et de les traiter comme un groupe homogène, plus de recherches doit mettreen exergue leur hétérogénéité dans une approche anti-essentialiste.  \nInternational students have historically played an important role in the internationalization strategies of Canadian higher education (Arthur, 2004) . Recently, the profile of international students has been raised in light of their crucial role in contributing to Canada’s economy, industry innovation, and labour market planning, as well as its social and cultural diversity (Advisory Panel on Canada’s International Education Strategy, 2012) . Across the world, Canada ranks as the seventh most popular destination for international students and derives more than $8 billion annually from international student expenditures, including tuition and living expenses (Canadian Bureau for International Education [CBIE], 2013). Among the 265,377 international students in Canada atthe time of the CBIE report, 55% were studying at universities and 26% at a trade school or another postsecondary institution (CBIE, 2013) . Yet despite the large presence of international students in higher education, most research tends to focus on international students themselves, while little is known about the lived experience of their partners, primarily women, who accompany international students to their country of education. This research gap rai","cbCaib8Ikz7ZnRoN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib8Ikz7ZnRoN","pdf",253678,"English","# Accompanying Partners of International Students: Reflections on Three Issues\n## Literature review focus and critique\n## Three issues identified in the research base","[{\"question\":\"What population does the paper focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The paper focuses on accompanying partners of international students (APIS), described as women who move to another country to accompany a partner studying as an international student.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the first major critique of existing research on APIS?\",\"answer\":\"Existing research is said to concentrate mainly on social and cultural adaptation difficulties while largely ignoring APIS agency and resiliency in dealing with challenges.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper recommend future research should approach APIS?\",\"answer\":\"It recommends moving beyond treating APIS as a homogeneous group and adopting an anti-essentialist approach to address their heterogeneity, while also analyzing how gender intersects with other unequal social relations.\"}]","Accompanying Partners of International Students: Reflections on Three Issues | PDF"]