Academic Experiences of International Students in Chinese Higher Education

Mei Tian is a professor in the School of Foreign Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China. Her current research interests include international student experiences in China. She has published in Compare, Journal of Studies in International Education, and Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education.Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also holds several professorships in Australia, Canada, China, Luxembourg, Malaysia and Sweden. He specialises in intercultural education, the sociology of multiculturalism and student and academic mobility. Genshu Lu is Professor of Higher Education and Director of West China Higher Education Evaluation Centre and the Institute of Higher Education at Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. Professor Lu specialised in the economics of education, Chinese higher education policy and higher education reforms in China.

• 1 Introduction: International Student in China Mei tian, Fred Dervin and Genshu Lu2 China’s International Student Recruitment as "Outward-Oriented" Higher Education Internationalisation: A Historical Approach for Analysing Challenges during the "Belt and Road" Initiative Era Hantian Wu and Cassidy Gong3 Who are the Waiguoren now? Chinese Students at a British University in China John Lowe and Fang Yu4 Instructional Communication with International Students in China: Perceptions of the Chinese Professoriate Cornelius B. Pratt, Nadeem Akhtar, Ying Hu, Awais H. Gillani and Ran An5 The Significance of Silence: Variations in Perceptions and Experiences of "Silence" in International Classroom Settings Melissa Shani Brown and David O'Brien6 Being the Other in International Educational Settings: The Case of American Students’ Experiences in Mainland China Yang Liu7 Informal Learning: Approaching Chinese Language and Culture in Authentic Contexts Ping Yang8 Learning Environment, Academic Engagement and Personal Development: A Survey Study of International Undergraduate Students in China Genshu Lu, Mei Tian and Lijie Li9 International students in China: The Need for Us All to Unlearn Ning Chen and Fred Dervin