The pursuit of the Chinese dream in America
Subtitle: Chinese undergraduate students at American universities
By: Dennis T. Yang
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9781498521680
Subjects: College students; Foreign study; Chinese students; Attitudes; Family relationships
Description: "Illuminates the hopes, expectations, challenges, and aspirations of this 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 examines the cultural, economic, and social factors that have fostered the increase of Chinese undergraduates on American campuses"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reaching for the Chinese dream; title: Theoretical framework; title: Cheeseheads, colleges, and Chinese parents; title: Chinese forms of capital; title: Mianzi, motivations, and higher education.