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Trice, Andrea G. – 2000
This qualitative study examined the challenges faced by four academic departments that had large enrollments of international graduate students. The comparative study of four academic departments in three professional schools at a Midwestern research university examined how faculty members adjusted to their roles as advisors and teachers of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Case Studies, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
Jenkins, Hugh M. – 1983
This document presents a summary of the proceedings of a symposium in which participants gathered to discuss the education and training of foreign students in the United States and the relationship between this experience and the use of science and technology for development. A basic contention underlying the symposium was that the transfer of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Development, Foreign Students
Smart, Don – 1988
Growing numbers of Malaysian students are going to Australia for overseas study. This paper begins with a discussion of Malaysia's New Economic Policy, whose provisions include a phasing out of English as the language of instruction in favor of Bahasa Malaya, the language of the indigenous Malay majority. This policy provides a background for the…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Grove, Cornelius Lee – 1984
The dynamics of hosting foreign exchange students were studied by means of a longitudinal documentation of the experiences and feelings of 15 U.S. families before, during, and after the 10 months when they hosted an American Field Service (AFS) exchange student. Data were gathered by means of semistructured, open-ended, audio-taped interviews…
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Educational Research, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics

Jou, Yuh Huey; Fukada, Hiromi – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Classifies and discusses five stress variables affecting the mental health of Chinese students living in Taiwan. These include interpersonal problems, academic problems, health/living problems, financial anxiety, and environmental problems. Although detrimental to mental health, these factors exerted little influence on physical health or…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Chinese Culture, College Students