Empirical Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on International Student Enrollment for Higher Education in China

International students’ mobility was not spared in terms of the negative impact of COVID-19 on higher education. The majority of prior research on COVID-19 and international higher education has employed a qualitative research design. Few of the studies have employed a quantitative research approach...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-04, Vol.14 (7), p.4185
Main Authors: Shijian, Zou, Agyemang, Andrew Osei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cooperation
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Developing countries
Disease transmission
Economic development
Education
Enrollments
Foreign students
Global economy
Globalization
Higher education
International
Knowledge
LDCs
Municipalities
Pandemics
Qualitative research
Quantitative analysis
Quantitative research
Research design
Statistical analysis
Students
Sustainability
World War II
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Summary:International students’ mobility was not spared in terms of the negative impact of COVID-19 on higher education. The majority of prior research on COVID-19 and international higher education has employed a qualitative research design. Few of the studies have employed a quantitative research approach. Our study, therefore, in an attempt to fill in the literature gap, explores the impact of COVID-19 on international students’ enrollment in China using a quantitative approach. Using cross-sectional data for thirty-one provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions on the Chinese mainland, the study utilized Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares for the long-run relationship analysis. Our findings revealed that an inverse and statistically significant relationship exists between total confirmed cases and international students enrolled. Similarly, a negative relationship was found between total deaths and the number of international students enrolled for the 2020/2021 academic year. On the contrary, a positive and statistically significant relationship was found between total recoveries and the number of enrolled international students at higher education. Our findings add up to existing literature on COVID-19 and international higher education.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14074185