The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America : Chinese Undergraduate Students at American Universities.
Yang, Dennis T.
The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America : Chinese Undergraduate Students at American Universities. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (175 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Reaching for the Chinese Dream -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Cheeseheads, Colleges, and Chinese Parents -- 4 Chinese Forms of Capital -- 5 Mianzi, Motivations, and Higher Education -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America examines the hopes, expectations, challenges, and aspirations of the current generation of Chinese students as they pursue higher education at American universities. Based on interviews with Chinese students, parents, teachers, and educational agents in Shanghai, this ethnographic study analyzes the cultural, economic, and social factors that have fostered the increase of Chinese undergraduates on American campuses.
9781498521697
Foreign study - Social aspects - China.
Electronic books.
LB2376.5.C6Y36 2015
378.1/9829951073
The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America : Chinese Undergraduate Students at American Universities. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (175 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Reaching for the Chinese Dream -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Cheeseheads, Colleges, and Chinese Parents -- 4 Chinese Forms of Capital -- 5 Mianzi, Motivations, and Higher Education -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
The Pursuit of the Chinese Dream in America examines the hopes, expectations, challenges, and aspirations of the current generation of Chinese students as they pursue higher education at American universities. Based on interviews with Chinese students, parents, teachers, and educational agents in Shanghai, this ethnographic study analyzes the cultural, economic, and social factors that have fostered the increase of Chinese undergraduates on American campuses.
9781498521697
Foreign study - Social aspects - China.
Electronic books.
LB2376.5.C6Y36 2015
378.1/9829951073