Increase in Chinese Students Studying in the U.S.

The number of Chinese students studying in the US colleges and universities has increased 3.7 times in the past ten years, from 98,235 in the school year of 2008-2009 to 369,548 in the school year of 2018-2019, according to statista.com. Why have so many Chinese students chosen US for their higher education? And what kind of opportunities have been generated by this trend? In this episode, Professor Yan Zeng, CEO & President of U.S. Asia Education, and President of Davis Institute of Education Information, shares with us her observations of the inflow of Chinese students to the US in the past ten years, the challenges these students are facing when they are studying in the US, and how American universities can help these Chinese international students succeed in college.