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MIM - International Students & PSU


Suggested Keywords: (start with general/familiar terms, observe, combine, experiment)

  • international students, foreign students
  • study broad, foreign study, overseas study
  • attitude, perception, view
  • higher education, university, college, tertiary education
  • marketing, recruitment

Education Statistics & Articles

:: Open Doors (also available in print for 2005: LB2283 .I615, PSU Reference)
Detailed statistics and reports on international education exchange, including profiles of international students in US, US study abroad, state profiles, etc. Some data might be "member-only" (aka, not available to us).
:: PSU International Student Profile
International Student and Scholar Services or Office of Institutional Research and Planning (call David: 5-3434 or Lina: 5-3420) can run reports on detailed international student statistics at your request.
:: Library Article Databases

Education & business databases: ERIC , Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, ** Select "Multiple Databases" to save time (for the first three databases) || Education Fulltext

Proquest: which includes Theses & Dissertations, major newspapers such as Wall Street Journal, and Ethnic NewsWatch. ** Click on "Advanced" to search multiple databases.

LexisNexis Academic Universe: covers major US publications (e.g., New York Times), local newspapers (e.g., China Daily, The Japan Times, Korean Times, India Today), University news (e.g., Chronicle of Higher Education)

:: Organizations, associations, government agencies

Governing bodies: China, Japan, Korea, India

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

:: Other Web resources

Google: China, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan

Local search engines

International student offices at major universities (e.g., Harvard, MIT, etc.)

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General Population Characteristics

Most of the socioeconomic statistics can be found in the International Marketing Research Guide. Sources have different and similar coverage on the kinds of data available so check each thoroughly.

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Media Research

Media outlets in various countries:

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Introduction

Education Statistics & Articles
Population Statistics
Media