Nancy AbelmannSoo Ah KwonTim LiaoAdrienne Lo

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MEETS

THE PACIFIC CENTURY

CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS

Number of international undergraduate students

CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS

Number of international undergraduate students

University of Illinois as a contact zoneFocus on Colleges of Engineering and

BusinessStudents from China and South Korea,

faculty, domestic students, campus services, etc.

Survey + ethnographic fieldwork (interviews and observations)

AUPC

RESEARCH SITES

MEDIA DISCOURSE

SOCIAL MEDIA

ONLINE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT

FINDINGS: GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

1. MIT2. Stanford3. Berkeley4. University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign5. Georgia Tech6. University of Texas, Austin7. University of Michigan8. Carnegie Mellon9. Penn State10.UC San Diego10. USC

World rankings in engineering/technology and computer science

HISTORY

Chinese students at the U of I (1911)

Tsinghua University

TRAJECTORIES

Variety of pathways to the U of IClass variationImportance of co-ethnic organizationsAwareness of differences in tuition

INT’L STUDENTS

UIUC-CSSA 2011 New Student Handbook 新生手册发布

“How do Americans make friends?”Relations with Asian AmericansDisappointment with downstate location

INT’L STUDENTS

Cautious about sounding racistInt’l students improve the quality of the U of

I Sincere interest in getting to know them

DOMESTIC STUDENTS

Wealth“Taking seats” from deserving domestic

studentsLanguage deficienciesRelations with Asian Americans, Latinos,

etc.

DOMESTIC STUDENTS

DOMESTIC STUDENTS

DOMESTIC STUDENTS

DOMESTIC STUDENTS

Keenly aware of demographic shift“It just happened”Faculty/students not prepared (two

commissions)Change teaching methods, expectations,

services?Concern that no one office/person is

responsible for these students

FACULTY

SURVEY : Target Population & Objects

All undergraduate students currently registered in the 3 Colleges of Business, Engineering, and LAS (Liberal Arts and Sciences)

Online survey launched on March 5, 2012 4 consistent and comparable modules, designed

for Chinese, Korean, domestic, and other international undergraduate students

Questions about family background, application process, social interaction on campus, satisfaction with education & campus life, post-graduation plans, etc.

SURVEY: Social Interaction—Networks

SURVEY: Social Interaction--Questions

SURVEY: Social Interaction—Anchoring Vignettes

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Preliminary Results: Friendship

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Preliminary Results: Friendship

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