The Emergence of a Regional Education Hub: Rationales of International Students' Choice of China as the Study Destination

Autor/inn/en	Wen, Wen; Hu, Die
Titel	The Emergence of a Regional Education Hub: Rationales of International Students' Choice of China as the Study Destination
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 23 (2019) 3, S.303-325 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315318797154
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; International Education; Study Abroad; Foreign Countries; Reputation; Educational Quality; Economic Climate; International Relations; Global Approach; Government Role; Student Attitudes; Decision Making; Enrollment Trends; Student Mobility; Political Influences; College Students; Higher Education; China (Beijing) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Ausland; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Wirtschaftslage; Internationale Beziehungen; Globales Denken; Schülerverhalten; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Although Mainland China is commonly perceived as a major sending country of international students, it is often overlooked as an important receiving country of international students. In order to address this gap in the literature, this study seeks to explain why international students from the city of Beijing chose China as their study abroad destination. An updated push-pull model is proposed to explain their rationale to study in China. Findings reveal that the quality reputation of China's higher education (HE) is the major pulling force of international mobility to China, while the booming economy escalates its HE reputation and has become the driver of China's emerging regional hub appearance. However, China's contemporary culture does not function as a pulling force due to its vagueness and ambiguity. This research also deepens our understanding of the dynamic and complex relationship between the state, international relations, HE, and individuals in the context of globalization. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01