@article{article_357342, title={Erasmus Students’ Mobility Priorities: A Rank-Order Scaling Study}, journal={Kastamonu Education Journal}, volume={25}, pages={2401–2412}, year={2017}, author={Özberk, Eren Halil and Boztunç Öztürk, Nagihan and Yılmaz Fındık, Leyla and Kaptı, Suzan Beyza}, keywords={Erasmus students,Bologna process,mobility,rank-order scaling}, abstract={<p>Promoting mobility among students and staff was among the earliest European initiatives </p> <p>in higher education and is still among the most visible. Bologna process has played a prominent </p> <p>role in promoting mobility by establishing more compatible course patterns and encouraging </p> <p>greater transparency. Student mobility involved 213,266 people distributed among the twentyseven </p> <p>states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Croatia, and </p> <p>Turkey. The purpose of this study is to identify the preferences studying abroad and present the </p> <p>priorities of incoming and outgoing Erasmus students’ university preference among the ranked </p> <p>items. According to the rank ordering scaling findings; incoming students prioritized the university </p> <p>related factors while outgoing students prioritized the factors related social environment. </p>}, number={6}, publisher={Kastamonu University}