Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Introduction: Chinese overseas students' integration and engagement in host societies Stig Thøgersen and Bin Wu (This introduction is prepared for a special issue of Jounral of Chinese Overseas, 12(1) 2016) Since the beginning of the 21st century, we have witnessed an astonishing growth in the number of Chinese students going abroad, from 39,898 in 2000 to 459,800 in 2014 (Xinhua 2015).Recent statistics show important new trends in this massive educational migration.First, students tend to go abroad at a younger age, as discussed in Jia Gao's article in this issue.In 2005-2006, 76 per cent of the Chinese students going to the United States entered graduate programs, but in 2012-2013 the rate was down to 44 per cent (China Education Online , 2014).Rather than starting their university career at home, students now tend to go abroad already for their undergraduate studies, or even for attending senior high school.And the trend towards students leaving their home country at an earlier age may well continue.An expert quoted by the CCTV recently expected to see an "explosive growth" in the number of Chinese students going to Australia to attend junior high school (year 7 to 9) after
Source: Journal of Chinese Overseas
Authors: Stig Thøgersen, Bin Wu
Institution: Aarhus University
Language: English
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2345650171