□ Tang Lifang (Sichuan International Studies University)
According to Southern Weekend, in recent years, the traditional highland of studying abroad has been re-examined. Minority countries are attracting the attention of China families with subversive cost performance, scarce professional track and cultural depth.
When the applications from traditional study destinations such as Britain, the United States, Australia and Canada have been heated up, Hungary, Belarus and other minority countries, which rarely appeared on the list of studying abroad in the past, are quietly becoming new choices for China students. Behind the diversification of the study abroad market is the re-examination of the educational value and the re-planning of the career development of international students, which reflects that international students are moving from "blindly chasing the aura" to "rationally adapting to the needs", reflecting the maturity and rationality of the contemporary concept of studying abroad.
The rise of minority students studying abroad is essentially a rational pursuit of cost-effective education. Among them, economic factors play an important role. Compared with the tuition and living expenses of hundreds of thousands a year in traditional countries, the cost of studying in most minority countries is lower. At the same time, the policy dividend is also an important factor. With the deepening of the Belt and Road Initiative, the educational cooperation between China and countries along the route has become increasingly close.
Many students choose to study international relations abroad, which can not only rely on local geographical advantages to get in touch with first-hand research resources, but also complete their studies at a lower cost, and they can join relevant positions after graduation. It can be seen that the choice of minority students studying abroad is no longer a compromise of "settling for second best", but a clear understanding based on the family’s economic strength and the input-output ratio of education.
The warming of minority students studying abroad implies a deep demand for "professional adaptability", which goes beyond the single goal of "obtaining academic qualifications". The value of studying abroad lies not only in the act of going abroad, but also in what personal development goals can be achieved through studying abroad.
Many minority countries have irreplaceable professional advantages in specific fields. For example, Poland, as an important hub of China-Europe trains, can provide practical opportunities for the whole chain from warehousing to transportation. Students who want to engage in cross-border logistics between China and Europe will choose logistics management in Poland. Students who care about stomatology favor Hungarian dental technology, and their dental specialty ranks in the forefront in Europe. After graduation, they can directly connect with Sino-European medical cooperation projects. With the combination of "minority major+regional resources", we have created a unique professional competitiveness, which also reflects the pragmatic logic that minority students choose the track more important than the popularity.
From pursuing "successful study abroad" to paying attention to "successful study abroad", the choice of international students in China is becoming more and more rational. In the warming up of studying abroad from the minority, what we see is not only the change of studying abroad choice, but also the maturity of educational concept.
As more people get rid of "herd mentality" and look at the choice of studying abroad from a rational perspective, minority students will no longer be "minorities", but will become an important force to promote the diversified development of the study abroad market and help the differentiated growth of talents. After all, the truly valuable educational choice is never "what others choose" but "what I need".
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