Chen Yu Ching. Factors influencing international students decision to study at Taiwanese Universities. Master's Degree(Curriculum and Instruction). Rangsit University Library. : Rangsit University, 2019.
Factors influencing international students decision to study at Taiwanese Universities
Abstract:
This study investigates the factors influencing international students decision
to study at Taiwanese universities, as internationalization of education is becoming
population.
The research used the mixed methods approach to gather both quantitative and
qualitative data. The research participants consisted of 478 international students from
two Taiwanese universities, 200 international students randomly selected the number
based on Yamane (1967) from a public university, 278 international students from a
private university. These two universities were chosen as the study research sites. In
the process of data collection, a specially designed questionnaire and semi-structured
interviews were used to collect the data. The research was conducted in the second
semester of 2018 academic session (In Taiwan). The questionnaire was analyzed with
mean and S.D, while the interviews content were analyzed into themes related to what
influencing the interviewees decision-making. The themes were ranked according to
frequencies.
The questionnaire data found three top factors influencing international
students decision to study in Taiwan. First was" Scholarships" (Ⴟ 4.44), followed by
the factors of "Society and Culture"(Ⴟ 4.27), and "Language Skills" (Ⴟ 4.06). The
three factors found at the bottom of the list were "Recommendation and Support"
(Ⴟ 3.39) followed by "Desired Programs/Courses" (Ⴟ 3.36) and
"International Environment" (x 3.69).