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Effects and characteristics of senior students’ demand for the internationalization of higher education in China

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Frontiers of Education in China

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By probing into the relationship of senior students’ demand for “internationalization”, students’ expected economic returns in future careers, and their individual concept of modernity, this study attempts to explore several factors that are influencing the demand for overseas higher education.

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本文力图了解高中生对国际化高等教育的需求状况及其与预期经济收益和个人现代性等个人因素的关系, 旨在个人层面探索中学生国际化高等教育需求的影响因素。

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Correspondence to Du Ping.

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Translated from Jiaoyu Yu Jingji 教育与经济 (Education and Economy), 2006, (1): 51–54

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Du, P., Zhong, Y. Effects and characteristics of senior students’ demand for the internationalization of higher education in China. Front. Educ. China 2, 325–335 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11516-007-0027-6

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