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The global imaginary contributes to the perpetuation of neo-colonial and neoliberal mentalities, which reinforce the political, cultural, and social dominance over international students. Through an exploration guided by interrelated theories of agency and transnational social fields, this study employs a narrative inquiry methodology with a constructivist research approach to comprehend and investigate the agency of international graduate students of Color amidst transnational mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic within a four-year public research institution in the United States. The research findings demonstrate that specific contexts and spaces shape the agency of international graduate students and (trans)form their present and future. This article reveals four distinct forms of agency: agency as negotiation in uncertainties, agency as resistance to forms of (neo)racism, agency for personal growth and (trans)formation, and agency within transnational futures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Minghui Hou Old Dominion University, USA As an international student, until recently I had never thought about educational equality for international students because it seemed impossible for an international student to have the same opportunities or resources as domestic students. However, Tannock claims that UK law does not require international students to pay higher tuition fees than home students, but only requires "international students not receive a public subsidy for their education" (p. 132). In light of market-centric competition, nation-state equality legislation has provided equality and justice protection for international students in the UK to attract more international students. [Extracted from the article]