Ambitious and Anxious - How Chinese College Students Succeed Struggle in American Higher

Yingyi Ma offers a multifaceted analysis of the wave of Chinese students across American higher-education based on research in both Chinese high schools and U.S. institutions. Ma argues that their experiences embody the duality of ambition and anxiety that arises from transformative social changes in China.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
1. Ambitious and Anxious: Chinese Undergraduates in the United States
2. A Love for Separation: Study Abroad as the New Education Gospel in Urban China
3. "From Hello to Harvard": The Pathways to American Higher Education
4. Navigating and Comparing Chinese and American Education Systems
5. Protective Segregation: Chinese Students Hanging Out Among Themselves
6. College Major Choices, Rationales, and Dilemmas
7. Think Before Speak: A Real Conundrum for Classroom Participation?
8. Changes and Reflections
9. Stay vs. Return: That Is the Question
10. What American Higher Education Needs to Know About Chinese Undergraduates
Appendix on Methodology
Notes
References
Index

About the author

Yingyi Ma is professor of sociology at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where she is also director of the Asian/Asian American Studies Program. She is a fellow of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on United States-China Relations.

Summary

Yingyi Ma offers a multifaceted analysis of the wave of Chinese students across American higher-education based on research in both Chinese high schools and U.S. institutions. Ma argues that their experiences embody the duality of ambition and anxiety that arises from transformative social changes in China.

Product details

• Authors: Yingyi Ma
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9780231218788
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21878-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Migration, immigration & emigration, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Students & Student Organisations, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, sociology; education; emigration; immigration