China and International Student Mobility

Authors

  • Hang Gao
  • Hans de Wit

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2017.90.9992

Keywords:

China, international students, curriculum reform, student services

Abstract

China has the objective to receive 500,000 international students at the end of this decade, and is already moving fast in this direction, bypassing Australia, France, and Germany, to become the third destination country after the United States and the United Kingdom in hosting international students. With the current political climate in the main countries hosting international students, China’s perspectives to become a dominant player are more optimistic than a few years ago. Attracting international students and increasing their stay-rate after graduation is becoming a major political strategy at the national level and also for the main cities and provinces, as well as the universities. But, to be sustainable in this effort, China’s higher education system needs to work on the quality of its education and services. 

Author Biographies

Hang Gao

Hang Gao is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education, Beijing
Normal University (BNU), China, and is currently a visiting scholar
at the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College,
US.

Hans de Wit

Hans de Wit is professor and director of CIHE.

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Published

2017-06-06

How to Cite

Gao, H., & de Wit, H. (2017). China and International Student Mobility. International Higher Education, (90), 3–5. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2017.90.9992

Issue

No. 90 (2017)

Section

International

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