10. What American Higher Education Needs to Know about Chinese Undergraduates

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Ambitious and Anxious: Chinese Undergraduates in the United States 1
5. 2. A Love for Separation: Study Abroad as the New Education Gospel in Urban China 26
6. 3. “From Hello to Harvard”: The Pathways to American Higher Education 53
7. 4. Navigating and Comparing Chinese and American Education Systems 78
8. 5. Protective Segregation: Chinese Students Hanging Out Among Themselves 109
9. 6. College Major Choices, Rationales, and Dilemmas 135
10. 7. Think Before Speak: A Real Conundrum for Classroom Participation? 160
11. 8. Changes and Reflections 183
12. 9. Stay versus Return: That Is the Question 204
13. 10. What American Higher Education Needs to Know about Chinese Undergraduates 229
14. Appendix on Methodology: Data Collection 245
15. Notes 249
16. References 259
17. Index 281