Table of Content 1
Chapter 1:Introduction,Research Problem & Objective 1
Chapter 2:Literature Review 9
Chapter 3:Research Method 34
Chapter 4:Data Analysis 47
Chapter 5:Discussion and Conclusions 74
References 84
Appendix 1 Survey Questionnaire 97
Appendix 2 Interview Questions for International Students 103
Appendix 3 SPSS Data Analysis Result 105
List of Table 13
Table 1 Summarized Theories of Choices within Higher Education 13
Table 2 Succinct Argumentations about the Relationship of Service Quality & Customer Satisfaction 14
Table 3 Some Key Laws,Rules,Regulations and Documentation of Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Institutions and Programmes 25
Table 4 A Trajectory of China's Move to Mass Higher Education:from the Policy Perspective 28
Table 5 Programme Models by Numbers 47
Table 6 Sources of Information by Ranking(1) 49
Table 7 Sources of Information by Ranking(2) 50
Table 8 Sources of Information by Ranking(3) 51
Table 9 Sources of Information by Ranking(4) 51
Table 10 Sources of Information by Ranking(5) 52
Table 11 Correlations of'Before-After'by Paired-Samples Test:UK Universities 59
Table 12 Correlations of'Before-After'by Paired-Sample Test:Joint Programme 61
Table 13 Correlations of'Before-After'by Paired-Sample Test:UK Country 62
List of Chart 5
Chart 1 Top Ten Countries/Regins by Number of Partnership with China 2003 5
Chart 2 Age-Specific Enrolment by Year 28
Chart 3 Number of Joint Ventures by Area 2003 29
Chart 4 Numbers of Chinese-Foreign Cooperatively Running Schools by Levels 2003 30
Chart 5 Approved Sino-Foreign Cooperative Disciplines by Number 2003 30
Chart 6 Involved UK Universities by Numbers 48
Chart 7 Programme Titles by Numbers and Models 49
Chart 8 Decisive Factor for Staying with a China-UK Programme by Mean 56