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Yihan Zhu – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explores the navigation and approaches that Chinese undergraduate international students in the US are utilizing for their career development. The enrollment of undergraduate international students in the U.S. has been growing for over a decade. More specifically, China is one of the top places of origin from which international…
Descriptors: Career Development, Asians, Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students
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Paul Joseph-Richard; Kieran M. Conroy – Education & Training, 2024
Purpose: Self-initiated international placements by students have been largely ignored in the literature on outward mobility in higher education. The support given to self-initiated international placement students, if any, has received even less attention. This study aims to address this lacuna. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on insights…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Foreign Students, Student Placement, Student Mobility
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Ma, Yin; Bennett, Dawn – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: With a focus on Chinese higher education students, the purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between students' perceived employability and their levels of academic engagement and stress. Design/methodology/approach: The study engaged 1,155 students from three universities in China. Students responded to an online survey,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Attitudes, Employment Potential, Learner Engagement
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Zhang, Jiahong; Yuen, Mantak; Chen, Gaowei – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2020
This study examined Chinese technical education students' (N = 18) perceptions of career-related support received from teachers using thematic analysis. Six themes emerged from the interviews: enhancement of self-improvement and self-exploration, informational support, career-related role models, instrumental support, emotional support and support…
Descriptors: Career Development, Technical Education, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries
Dai, David Yun; Steenbergen-Hu, Saiying; Zhou, Yehan – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
In this grounded theory qualitative study, we interviewed 34 graduates from one cohort of 51 students from a prestigious early college entrance program in China. Based on the interview data, we identified distinct convergent and divergent patterns of lived experiences and changes. We found several dominant themes, including peers' mutual…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Qualitative Research, College Graduates, Student Experience
Schippers, Margriet – Online Submission, 2008
As yet little research into the perspectives of Chinese students studying in mainland China's Higher Education Institutions has been undertaken. This paper explores the issue of students' support needs and presents the findings of a study carried out in 2005-2007 at a public university in North East China. The Action Research method used…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Quality, Student Attitudes, Action Research