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Austell, David Belton, Jr.

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The birds in the rich forest: Chinese students at an American university.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The birds in the rich forest: Chinese students at an American university./
Author:	Austell, David Belton, Jr.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 1990,
Description:	155 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-07, Section: A, page: 2276.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International51-07A.
Subject:	Higher education. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9034672

The birds in the rich forest: Chinese students at an American university.
Austell, David Belton, Jr.

The birds in the rich forest: Chinese students at an American university. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1990 - 155 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-07, Section: A, page: 2276.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990.

The Birds in the Rich Forest: Chinese Students at an American University concerns the presence of graduate students from the People's Republic of China at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study uses both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to present a case study of the Fall 1989 admissions season at UNC-Chapel Hill. The dissertation attempts to explore the reasons for the large PRC presence at the institutional level.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Higher education.

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520 $a The Birds in the Rich Forest: Chinese Students at an American University concerns the presence of graduate students from the People's Republic of China at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study uses both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to present a case study of the Fall 1989 admissions season at UNC-Chapel Hill. The dissertation attempts to explore the reasons for the large PRC presence at the institutional level.
520 $a By examining GRE and TOEFL mean scores for all foreign applicants admitted to the Graduate School for Fall 1989, the study determined that PRC students were not superior applicants based on these two measures (research question number 2). Also, the study determined that the PRC applicant pool was much larger than the applicant pools for other nationality groups, a quarter of all foreign graduate applications being from the PRC (question number 3).
520 $a Interviews were conducted with Chinese students, chairs of admissions committees, and key China watchers (campus experts in Sino-American Affairs). From these interviews, the researcher developed an explanatory model which he called the China Profile. The China Profile defines the complex system of pushing and pulling factors culminating in Chinese matriculation at UNC-Chapel Hill, and includes the following aspects: (1) the long history of Sino-American educational exchange in the 20th century; (2) the "love affair" between Americans and Chinese students; (3) the strength of interpersonal ties (guan xi) between PRC students, their professors in China, and departmental advocates at UNC-CH; (4) the governmental policies of the PRC which highly encouraged study abroad during the 1980s; (5) the desire of the U.S. government to welcome these students; (6) the widespread enthusiasm for renewed Sino-American educational exchange; (7) the availability of TA/RA funding at UNC-CH; (8) the high academic ranking of the University; (9) the pleasant ambience of Chapel Hill; and (10) the large Chinese community in and around UNC-CH (research question number 1).
520 $a The study concluded that the China Profile would not easily transfer to other nationality groups (question 4) since the admissions system is a laissez faire meritocracy which strives to admit the best qualified applicants. Because of the large applicant pool, high standardized test scores (especially in math), reciprocity (based on guan xi) between members of the faculty, their PRC counterparts and their students, and available university funding, the China Profile functions very well in this meritocracy. Unaided, poorly represented nationality groups could not benefit from the model since they do not meet its terms.
520 $a Finally, the study describes two weaknesses inherent in the meritocratic admissions system ((1) vulnerability to failure of the applicant pool; and (2) shortsightedness relative to the burgeoning trend of multinationalism), and makes recommendations for development of institutional foreign student policy.
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