中國留學生新趨勢:美國社區大學成新寵

Wealthy Chinese undergraduates aren't the only ones looking to get a college degree in the U.S. So are a growing number of Chinese students from lower middle-class families who are enrolling in community colleges.

富有的中國大學生現在並不是唯一想在美國獲得大學學位的羣體。越來越多來自中產階級下層家庭的中國學生到美國社區大學留學讀書。

The Los Angeles Times reports that while thousands of Chinese students from affluent families enroll in U.S. colleges each year, the number from less privileged backgrounds also has begun to rise.

根據洛杉磯時報報道，儘管每年都有上千名出身富裕家庭的中國學生進入美國高校學習，但是，那些出自擁有較少特權背景家庭的學生人數也開始上升。

In 2007, just 2,500 Chinese students were enrolled at US community colleges. Now more than 16,200, or 13% of all Chinese undergraduates in the US, are studying at community colleges in the country.

2007年，美國的社區大學僅招錄了2500名中國學生，如今在美國社區大學就讀的中國學生超過1.62萬，佔在美國讀大學的中國留學生人數的13%。

Many of those students are searching for an alternative to China's high-pressure and overcrowded educational system. Los Angeles community colleges host a large percent of those students.

他們中的許多學生都在尋找一種能夠替代傳統的中國式高壓教育系統。洛杉磯社區大學就有許多這樣的學生。

In China, intermediary agencies are marketing US community colleges as a stepping stone to a four-year university. Experts say the number of Chinese students at community colleges is likely to increase.

在中國，留學中介機構將美國的社區大學宣傳爲通往四年制大學的跳板。專家稱，赴美就讀社區大學的中國學生人數很可能繼續增加。