The current situation and development of transnational higher education in U.K., U.S.A., and Australia: The international students’ point of view

• Main Authors: Mei-Chun Hsieh, 謝美君
• Other Authors: Dian-Fu Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92084807972163522938

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 教育政策與行政學系 === 97 === The purpose of the research is to explore the current situation, the trends as well as the discrepancies of exportation of transnational higher education and to dissect the strategies for exportation of transnational higher education in U.K., U.S.A. and Australia. Content analysis, second-data analysis and comparative study are the research methods in this thesis to analyze relating data. The main conclusions regarding the international students in U.K., U.S.A. and Australia are as follows: 1. The populations of the international students all increase significantly. 2. The international students flow in U.K turns from globalization to regionalization; in U.S.A. shows the feature of globalization; in Australia shows the characteristic of regionalization. 3. Most international students are male; however, in U.K., and Australia the proportion of male to female tends to equilibrium in recent years. 4. In U.K., most international students major in societies and science & technology; In U.S.A., most international students major in s science & technology; In Australia, most international students major in societies. 5. In U.K., the international students mainly study equally both in university and graduate school now; In U.S.A., the international students mainly study in graduate school; In Australia, the international students mainly study in university. The strategies for the exportation of transnational higher education as well as suggestions for education administration and future research are included.