Abstract
International students are the most important population in the American higher education system, particularly for students from different cultural backgrounds. Besides research-based universities, comprehensive universities, and liberal arts colleges, historically black colleges and universities have the traditions to provide an equal learning environment to minorities, including international students. This study aimed to understand the academic experiences and expectations of Chinese international students enrolled at historically black colleges and universities in the Southeastern parts of the United States from the lens of neo-racism. One research question guided this study, which was: How would Chinese international university students describe their academic learning experience, expectations, stress, and difficulties at one of the historically black colleges and universities? The interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was employed to explore the academic experience, difficulties, stress, and lived stories of their academic voyage at one of the historically black colleges and universities in the United States. The findings indicated that discrimination based on skin color, nationality, and race, the gaps in academic expectations, and social unfairness of internship opportunities are still significant. The result indicated the directions and recommendations for leaders, policymakers, school administrators, and related professionals to redesign the current university planning and related counselling services to not only international students but all minority people.
Highlights
The United States of America is a cosmopolitan country where citizens from around the globe come to live, study, work, and invest their time
Almost all Chinese international university students enrolled at historically black colleges and universities engaged with almost all common characteristics and experiences
Most of the American colleges and universities have established different sets of policies and plans for minority protections, Chinese international students expressed the feeling of discriminations due to their skin color(s), nationality, place of origin, and status of international student
Summary
The United States of America is a cosmopolitan country where citizens from around the globe come to live, study, work, and invest their time. American colleges and universities always welcome international and immigrated students to study and enjoy a rigorous education [1,2]. According to a recent report [3], there were 1,184,735 active internationals in the United States for educational purposes in May 2017. Within this population, 33% were pursuing an undergraduate degree, 31%. Chinese (362,368) and Indian (206,698) students were the largest populations among the international student groups in 2017. It is worth noting that most international students tend to enroll at larger, well-known, and urban universities. New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston are the top-three American cities with the largest international student populations [4]
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