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Chinese students' social integration into the university community: hearing the students' voices

Higher education, 2017-11, Vol.74 (5), p.739-756 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2017 ;The Author(s) 2016 ;Higher Education is a copyright of Springer, 2017. ;ISSN: 0018-1560 ;EISSN: 1573-174X ;DOI: 10.1007/s10734-016-0074-0

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Title:
Chinese students' social integration into the university community: hearing the students' voices
Author: Spencer-Oatey, Helen ; Dauber, Daniel ; Jing, Jing ; Lifei, Wang
Subjects: Asian students ; Ausland ; Auslandsbeziehungen ; Barriers ; China ; Chinese languages ; College Students ; Colleges & universities ; Community ; Community research ; Constraints ; Cultural Differences ; Cultural groups ; Education ; Educational Strategies ; Foreign Countries ; Foreign Students ; Friendship ; Friendships ; Hearing ; Higher Education ; Mixed Methods Research ; Risk ; Satisfaction ; Social Integration ; Statistics ; Student Adjustment ; Student Attitudes ; Student Participation ; Students ; Study abroad ; Universities
Is Part Of: Higher education, 2017-11, Vol.74 (5), p.739-756
Description: According to UNESCO statistics, the People's Republic of China (PRC) sends far more students to study overseas than any other country in the world. Similarly, from the receiving countries' point of view, PRC students form by far the highest proportion of international students. In many respects, this is a success story, but it also poses a number of risks to universities. This paper focuses on one of those key risks that of student dissatisfaction (including from PRC students themselves). Using a sequential mixed-method study, it addresses two research questions: (a) Chinese students' level of satisfaction with their social integration into the university community and (b) the barriers that Chinese students' perceive in becoming more socially integrated into the university student community. The research finds that many Chinese students are dissatisfied with their range of friendships and that they find it more challenging to socialise with students of other nationalities than other students do. They point out a number of barriers to integration, with cultural distance playing a major role, but also argue for the impact of individual factors. The paper concludes by considering the implications for universities and suggestions for further research. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0018-1560
EISSN: 1573-174X
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-016-0074-0
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Chinese students' social integration into the university community: hearing the students' voices

Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2017 ;The Author(s) 2016 ;Higher Education is a copyright of Springer, 2017. ;ISSN: 0018-1560 ;EISSN: 1573-174X ;DOI: 10.1007/s10734-016-0074-0

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