China's international student recruitment as 'outward-oriented' higher education internationalisation: an exploratory empirical inquiry. Issue 4 (4th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wu, Hantian
• Is Part Of: Compare. Volume 49:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 619
• Page End: 634
• Publication Date: 2019-07-04
• Subjects: Higher education -- internationalisation -- China -- international student recruitment; Comparative education -- Periodicals; 370.9
• DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2018.1444469
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0305-7925

Abstract

Abstract: This study investigates China's international student recruitment strategy and policies as a dimension of its present approach of using higher education internationalisation for soft power and image enhancement. An exploratory survey of international graduate students in English instruction programmes in education-related majors in three Chinese universities has been conducted to analyse their attitudes towards China's approach. Quantitative analysis has been conducted on the survey data based on Holmes's four-pattern taxonomy for analysing contextual features, which includes normative patterns, sociological laws, national conditions, and deep cultural roots. Qualitative data have been collected and analysed as a supplement. This study attempts to reveal the relations between international students' source-country contextual features, identified based on Holmes's taxonomy, and their attitudes towards China's approach in international student recruitment. Policy suggestions are provided based on these findings.