Student flows from Taiwan to China in higher education: Push-pull factors
| Autor: | Fried, Caroline Ruth, 費凱琳 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 亞太研究英語碩士學位學程(IMAS) 107 Cross-strait integration and cooperation between Taiwan and mainland China in recent years has been focused in economic, cultural, and academic spheres, while political relations between the governing authorities on either side of the Taiwan Strait remain strained. While the Taiwanese business community in mainland China is well-studied in the context of cross-strait integration, the communities formed by student migration from Taiwan to China is a relatively more recent phenomenon that has attracted relatively less academic interest. Drawing upon the “push-pull” theory of migration, integration across political systems through the linkage community framework, and the marketization and globalization of higher education, this thesis examines the factors contributing to Taiwanese students’ decisions to study in mainland China’s universities in graduate programs. Open-ended questionnaires with Taiwanese students enrolled in Mainland graduate programs and semi-structured interviews revealed economic factors as well as social/cultural factors that students considered in their choice to study in mainland China. Finally, this thesis assesses the extent to which Taiwanese students in Chinese universities contribute to the formation of linkage communities intertwining the two sides of the Taiwan Strait together. |
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