caa a22 4500 463162021 CHVBK 20180406164750.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10734-006-9022-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10734-006-9022-8 Chen Liang-Hsuan Management, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada aut Choosing Canadian graduate schools from afar: East Asian students' perspectives [Elektronische Daten] [Liang-Hsuan Chen] This study seeks to explain why and how international graduate students from East Asia choose to come to Canada to pursue advanced education. A synthesis model is developed to explain their decision-making process, while a push-pull model is used to understand the strengths of and relationships among various factors that influence the choice of a country, institution, program, and city. The research sample comprised 140 students from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan who enrolled in graduate programs at two large Ontario universities. The research findings reveal the influence of Institutional Academic Pulling Factors, Institutional Administrative Pulling Factors, the Canadian Environment, the Economics of Canadian Education, and the ease of Visa/Immigration. The research shows a three-stage process, guided first by the focus of the program (i.e., research-oriented vs. professional programs). Other factors—country, institution, and city—interplay simultaneously at the later two stages. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2006 College choice nationallicence Graduate education nationallicence International education nationallicence International students nationallicence Attitude nationallicence Higher Education Springer Netherlands 54/5(2007-10-01), 759-780 0018-1560 54:5<759 2007 54 10734 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-006-9022-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-006-9022-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Chen Liang-Hsuan Management, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Higher Education Springer Netherlands 54/5(2007-10-01), 759-780 0018-1560 54:5<759 2007 54 10734 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 351971017 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer