Globalization or regionalization? –Analysis of foreign student flow in European Union, North America, and Asia-Pacific region (1980~2000)

• Main Author: 潘琇櫻
• Other Authors: 戴曉霞
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01326817478235633873

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 教育研究所 === 92 === Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the foreign student flow in European Union, North America , and Asia-Pacific region from 1980 to 2000. In this study, the author uses the concept of globalization and regionalization to examine the foreign student flow in these important regions and nations. The main purposes of the study include: 1. To discuss the concept of globalization and regionalization. 2. To analyze the phenomena of foreign student flow of higher education. 3. To identify the characteristics of the foreign student flow in European Union, North America, and Asia-Pacific regions, and examine if the flow is correspondent to globalization or regionalization. 4. To provide some useful suggestions to Taiwan’s related policies. In order to achieve the purposes stated above for Taiwan’s, in Chapter 2, this paper discusses the concept of globalization and regionalization from the aspects of politics, economics, and culture, and tries to figure out the relationship between higher education, globalization and regionalization. In Chapter 3, this paper firstly reviews the history of foreign student flow, and analyzes the factors which influence the foreign student flow. Then based on the educational statistics available, this paper investigates the origins of foreign students in North America, European Union, and the Asia-Pacific region. In Chapter 4, this paper analyzes the foreign student flow in some important countries in the three regions, and discusses the relevant policies about improving the foreign student flow in these countries . Finally, in the last chapter, Chapter 5, the following conclusions are derived: 1. Since 1980, the foreign student flow in North America shows the feature of globalization. 2. The foreign student flow in the European Union turns from globalization to regionalization from 1980 to 2000. 3. The foreign student flow in the Asia-Pacific region still shows the characteristic of regionalization from 1980 to 2000. 4. The influence of globalization to the foreign student flow of higher education varies in different political and economic context. 5. Globalization and regionalization both have their influence on the international student flow. 6. The phenomena of foreign student flow correspond to the regional economics in some ways.