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of her study, Lee used both quantitative research and qualitative research. She utilized
the online survey for the quantitative research, and interview for the qualitative research
to collect the data from a public university located in the Southwest region of the United
States (Lee, 2008).
Lee’s study explained how international students chose their American colleges
and universities. Through analyzing the
survey data, Lee (2008) found the following
results:
Approximately 36% of the students relied on friends, 14% were informed by
school counselors and teachers, and 13% relied on family members who studied
abroad. Four percent used recruiters and
exchange agreements, which may reflect
U.S. universities’ limited recruitment efforts, especially compared with the
aggressive recruitment efforts among universities outside the United States (such
as those in Australia and Britain). (p. 10)
These previous findings and results will be investigated by this study’s researcher, and
new findings and results will be discussed later in this research study. Moreover,
facilitating the previous findings and results helps a reader
to understand how South
Korean students receive the proper information about American colleges and universities.
In other words, the new results and findings of this research study will explain how and
why South Korean students make the decision to come to UNK.
Furthermore, Lee (2008) interviewed 24 international students for the qualitative
research study, and she discovered that the majority of the interviewees pointed out the
importance of the institution’s reputation to make the decision
to choose an American
college or university. School’s reputations influence the students’ study abroad
destination, especially students who are from East Asian countries
(i.e., South Korea, Japan, and China). The previous research results and findings which
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were analyzed through the qualitative research processes will help the researcher to
develop the interview protocol and to answer the research questions of this study. At the
end of Lee’s research study, she mentioned that “future research should explore [multiple
reasons] related to international student college access” (Lee, 2008, p. 16). Therefore,
this research study will consider the other reasons that South Korean students choose to
come to UNK.
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