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"I Thought We Were Friends": International Students Challenges in Navigating Basic Academic Regulations at a Private Canadian University

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Torres-Arends, Irene – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2023

Misunderstandings about how the academic world operates are common among international students. This research investigated international students' understandings of academic regulations. Qualitative content analysis of 3,438 email messages indicate international students used a constellation of arguments to make academic requests/complaints to…

Descriptors: Foreign Students, Misconceptions, Foreign Countries, Electronic Mail