Blog #5

Research Question

    There has been an increase in the number of international students at American universities. Why apply to American universities? How do cultural differences affect students and how they deal with this stress and anxiety? What are some hardships they face once they attend Universities?  How do these experiences affect the students after graduation?

Work Cited

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Liu, Xiaojing, et al. “Cultural Differences in Online Learning: International Student Perceptions.” Educational Technology & Society, vol. 13, no. 3, International Forum of Educational Technology & Society, 2010, pp. 177–88.

 Ma, Yingyi. Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education. Columbia University Press,2020. 

Ma, Yingyi. “Analysis | China's Education System Produces Stellar Test Scores. So Why Do 600,000 Students Go Abroad Each Year to Study?” The Washington Post, WP Company, 17 Dec. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/17/chinas-education-system-produces-stellar-test-scores-so-why-do-students-head-abroad-each-year-study/.

Ma, Yingyi, and Martha A. Garcia-Murillo. Understanding International Students from Asia in American Universities: Learning and Living Globalization. Springer International Publishing, 2018. 

Yan, Kun. Chinese International Students’ Stressors and Coping Strategies in the United States. 1st ed.

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