Chinese international students' academic adjustment to MBA programs in the United States: a case study

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baoqing Cheng
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Students ◽  
Academic Adjustment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chinese International Students ◽  
Mba Programs

scholarly journals U.S. Higher Education Classroom Experiences of Undergraduate Chinese International Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Valdez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
International Students ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chinese International Students ◽  
Double Consciousness ◽  
Identity Conflict ◽  
Classroom Experiences ◽  
The Way

The purpose of this study was to explore undergraduate Chinese international students’ perceptions about their classroom experiences in the United States institutions of higher education. Double consciousness, introduced by W.E.B. Du Bois, was used as the theoretical framework for this study. After analyzing the 15 interviews to Chinese international students, the following areas were discussed: comparison of classroom experiences in the United States and China; positive and negative classroom practices in the U.S.; perceptions of the way American faculty and students perceived Chinese international students; and double consciousness of Chinese international students. While most of the participants preferred the American classroom practices over practices in China, their perceptions about the way American students and faculty perceived them were conflicting. The concept of double consciousness also helped to illustrate the internal identity conflict of being Chinese and being “Americanized.”

scholarly journals Chinese University Students and Their Experiences of Acculturation at an Ethnic Christian Church

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyang Sun ◽  
Robert A Rhoads
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
East Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chinese International Students ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Chinese University Students

This paper examines the experiences of Chinese international students from East Coast University (a pseudonym) in the United States through their participation in a Chinese ethnic-based Christian church (CCC). Employing ethnographic-based fieldwork, the study highlights how Chinese international students see their experiences in CCC as a source of acculturation to U.S. society. However, the students evidence little understanding of the reality that they are in fact being acculturated to a subculture within U.S. society that at times embraces values contradictory to those of progressive-oriented East Coast University.

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