Chinese International Students in the United States: Demographic Trends, Motivations, Acculturation Features, and Adjustment Challenges

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Abstract

Few studies have focused solely upon understanding the unique characteristics of Chinese international students in the United States. This inquiry examines what Chinese international students’ demographic trends are over decades, what their motivations are for studying in the United States, what the unique features of their group acculturation process are, and what special challenges they face in U.S. universities that are different from what they might face in Chinese universities? These results can be used to help Chinese international students adapt to the American educational environment and improve the services and programs American universities deliver to their foreign students.

Author

• Kun Yan, Tsinghua University