越来越多中国学生就读美国社区大学

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VOA Chiese, Dec 29, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 151229/3123456.html


, which is based on

Frank Shyong, Not only China's Wealthy Want to Study in America. Los Angeles Times, Dec 28, 2015.
www.latimes.com/local/california ... 20151228-story.html

Quote:

"More than 124,000 Chinese undergraduates are studying in the United States, according to the Institute of International Education. Many are affluent, announcing their presence on campus with Lamborghinis, flashy clothes and the profligate spending that is the hallmark of the fuerdai * * * But a growing number are like [Kenny] Fu — children from lower middle-class families who are looking for an alternative to an overcrowded and unforgiving Chinese educational system.

"In 2007, just 2,500 Chinese students were enrolled at US community colleges, which have become increasingly attractive to low-income or low-performing Chinese students who want to escape the pressure of the gaokao. Now [out of 124,000] more than 16,200, or 13% of all Chinese undergraduates in the US, are studying at community colleges in this country.  Los Angeles' community colleges host a large percentage of those students, according to a Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. report issued in 2014. Nearly half of the 20,000 students from China studying in Los Angeles County attended community colleges, according to the report. Santa Monica College [a two-year community college established in 1929], home to the most international students of any community college campus in the nation, has more than 1,000 Chinese international students — up from roughly 200 six years ago, according to Denise Kinsella, associate dean for international education.

"The rising numbers of foreign students in publicly funded universities has irked some parents and legislators. Earlier this year, the UC regents voted to cap the number of out-of-state and international students at UCLA and UC Berkeley at their current levels — about 30%.

"community colleges, [Peggy] Blumenthal[, senior advisor to the president of the Institute for International Education,] said, offer something that teenagers of any nationality crave: the freedom to be indecisive and the ability to change your mind.

Note:
(a) "The family scraped together money to move him [Fu] to the United States in 2011.  After studying English for a year, he began to attend classes at Pasadena City College, where he volunteers part time and hopes to transfer to UCLA.:

Pasadena City College
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena_City_College
(a community college established in 1924)

View photos and that's it.

(b)
(i) Kenny may be a given name and surname (in the latter may also be spelled "Kenney").
(ii) As a given name "Kenny is most often used as a diminutive form of Kenneth [meaning 'handsome'] * * * but it is also used as a given name" in its own right.  en.wikipedia.org

(c) "At Mt San Antonio College in Walnut — popular because its in the midst of the San Gabriel Valley's large Chinese population — enrollment of Chinese students has increased from just 27 students in 2005 to 316 last year."
(i) Walnut, California
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut,_California
(a city in Los Angeles County)
(ii)
(A) Mt San Antonio College
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._San_Antonio_College
(commonly called Mt SAC; is amongst the largest community colleges in California with 52,954 students)
(B) Our Proud History. In About Us. Mt San Antonio College, undated
http://www.mtsac.edu/about/overview/history.html
("Mt SAC was initially named Eastern Los Angeles County Community College, but was later renamed after Mt. San Antonio, the snow-capped mountain (popularly known as Mt. Baldy) prominently visible in the distance above campus")

(d) Institute for International Education
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In ... rnational_Education
(IIE; an NGO founded        in 1919 and based in New York City)