Yi (Leaf) Zhang, Ph.D.
http://hdl.handle.net/10106/26490
2024-03-28T20:51:08ZStudying Overseas: Factors Impacting Intention of Female Students in Mainland China
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Studying Overseas: Factors Impacting Intention of Female Students in Mainland China
Zhang, Yi; Sun, Jie; Hagedorn, Linda Serra
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZPower Distance in Online Learning: Experience of Chinese Learners in U.S. Higher Education
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Power Distance in Online Learning: Experience of Chinese Learners in U.S. Higher Education
Zhang, Yi Leaf
2013-10-01T00:00:00ZInternational Students in Transition: Voices of Chinese Doctoral Students in a U.S. Research University
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International Students in Transition: Voices of Chinese Doctoral Students in a U.S. Research University
Zhang, Yi Leaf
In this study, I focused on international Chinese doctoral students and
sought to better understand their lived experience in transition to U.S.
higher education. I also aimed to explore strategies that can be employed to
improve these students’ academic and sociocultural experiences on
American campuses. Guided by the adult transition theory (Goodman,
Schlossberg & Anderson, 2006), this study used an interpretive
phenomenological method. Qualitative data were collected from in-depth
focus group interviews. The findings of this study informed higher education
educators and practitioners about unique challenges faced by international
Chinese graduates in transition and provided insightful knowledge for new
practice, programs, and policies that can be created to improve
international students’ transition and success.
2016-01-01T00:00:00ZHomesickness at College: Its Impact on Academic Performance and Retention
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Homesickness at College: Its Impact on Academic Performance and Retention
Zhang, Yi Leaf; Sun, Jie; Hagedorn, Linda Serra
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: For this study we identified factors exerting significant influence on homesickness and explored
the impact of the homesick experience on students’
academic performance and retention in the first
year in college. The findings reveal 2 constructs
underlying the homesickness scale: homesick
separation and homesick distress. Demographic
variables found to impact students’ level of
homesickness included gender, residence, and parental education. Homesick distress resulted in a
significant, albeit small, explanation of the variance
of first-semester GPA and first-year retention.