From international tuition hikes and discriminatory immigration policies to racially motivated violence and geopolitical tensions, international students encounter numerous political issues while studying abroad. Yet it is often assumed that international students are politically passive and disengaged rather than actively contributing to the political life of higher education institutions and the host country more generally. The present book challenges this assumption by bringing together...

Before a singing competition, a fire broke out in the community, destroying my voice and leaving me with a broken leg. From then on, my life was shattered.When I wanted to jump from the rooftop in despair, my boyfriend, Leo , proposed to me, promising to love me for a lifetime.We were happily married for five years.But one day, I went to his lab to bring him lunch and overheard a conversation between him and a colleague.“Leo, you burned your wife’s house back th...