Ambitious and Anxious : : How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education / / Yingyi Ma.
Over the past decade, a wave of Chinese international undergraduate students—mostly self-funded—has swept across American higher education. From 2005 to 2015, undergraduate enrollment from China rose from under 10,000 to over 135,000. This privileged yet diverse group of young people from a changing...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Ambitious and Anxious: Chinese Undergraduates in the United States
- 2. A Love for Separation: Study Abroad as the New Education Gospel in Urban China
- 3. “From Hello to Harvard”: The Pathways to American Higher Education
- 4. Navigating and Comparing Chinese and American Education Systems
- 5. Protective Segregation: Chinese Students Hanging Out Among Themselves
- 6. College Major Choices, Rationales, and Dilemmas
- 7. Think Before Speak: A Real Conundrum for Classroom Participation?
- 8. Changes and Reflections
- 9. Stay versus Return: That Is the Question
- 10. What American Higher Education Needs to Know about Chinese Undergraduates
- Appendix on Methodology: Data Collection
- Notes
- References
- Index