Chinese International Students in the United States: Demographic Trends, Motivations, Acculturation Features and Adjustment Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Yan, Kun; Berliner, David C.
Titel	Chinese International Students in the United States: Demographic Trends, Motivations, Acculturation Features and Adjustment Challenges
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 12 (2011) 2, S.173-184 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
DOI	10.1007/s12564-010-9117-x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Universities; Acculturation; Educational Environment; Student Characteristics; Student Motivation; Study Abroad; Student Adjustment; Stress Variables; Services; Asians; China; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Akkulturation; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schulische Motivation; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Dienstleistung; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; USA
Abstract	To date, few studies have focused solely upon understanding the unique characteristics of Chinese international students in the United States. This inquiry examines what Chinese international students' demographic trends are over decades, what their motivations are for studying in the United States, what the unique features of their group acculturation process are, and what special challenges they face in U.S. universities that are different from what they might face in Chinese universities? This study reveals that the life of Chinese students in the United States is not easy and they have to endure multifaceted life-stresses. These results can be used to help Chinese international students adapt to the American educational environment and improve the services and programs American universities deliver to their foreign students. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10