Ambitious and anxious : how Chinese college students succeed and struggle in American higher education /

"In Ambitious and Anxious, the sociologist Yingyi Ma offers a multifaceted analysis of this new wave of Chinese students based on research in both Chinese high schools and American higher-education institutions. Ma argues that their experiences embody the duality of ambition and anxiety that ar...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ma, Yingyi (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York Columbia University Press [2020]
Sujets:
Chinese students > United States.
Chinese students > Education (Higher) > United States.
Chinese students > Education (Secondary) > China.
Foreign study > Social aspects > United States.
Études à l'étranger > Aspect social > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Chinese students
Foreign study > Social aspects
China
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Ambitious and anxious : Chinese undergraduates in the United States
  • A love for separation : studying abroad as the new education gospel in urban China
  • "From hello to Harvard" : the pathways to American higher education
  • Navigating and comparing Chinese and American education systems
  • Protective segregation : Chinese students hanging out among themselves
  • College major choices, rationales, and dilemmas
  • Think before speak : a real conundrum for classroom participation?
  • Changes and reflections
  • Stay vs. return : that is the question
  • What American higher education needs to know about Chinese undergraduates

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