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Mianmian Fei – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2024
Fries-Britt et al.'s (2014) Learning Race in a U.S. Context (LRUSC) emergent framework holds significant prominence in international student literature as the pioneering framework to theorize perceptions of race and responses to racialized experiences among college students of color born and raised outside of the US. This essay reviewed 11…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Experience, College Students, Minority Group Students
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Papia Bawa – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2021
Our student populations' diversity now includes African Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos, as classrooms represent various cultural backgrounds. This shift in student population dynamics brings fresh challenges to educator's unpreparedness to identify with the unique cultural identities of international students. The cultural dissonance…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Empathy, Foreign Students, College Faculty
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Perez-Encinas, Adriana; Rodriguez-Pomeda, Jesus – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2018
In this article, we analyze international students' perceptions of their needs when going abroad. The trend toward internationalization and the increase in mobility drives the agenda for globalization in many higher education institutions, and in some cases without any clear strategy for identifying the possible needs of international students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, Student Needs, Student Mobility
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Memon, Mumtaz Ali; Salleh, Rohani; Baharom, Mohamed Noor Rosli; Harun, Haryaani – International Education Studies, 2014
The Malaysian government is continuously striving to develop the country to become a regional education hub. Hence, higher learning institutions, especially universities, are becoming the centre of attention in order for Malaysia to achieve its desired status. Although the number of international postgraduate students in Malaysia has progressively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Satisfaction, Student Attitudes
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Fu, Kefeng – English Language Teaching, 2015
Acculturation strategy has been an integral and essential part in the field of acculturation study. The fact that an increasing number of international overseas students wave into China renders this research urgently in need; and new theoretical models emerged constantly, which have had a significant effect on the immigration policies in China.…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Acculturation, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment
Artess, Jane; Hooley, Tristram; Mellors-Bourne, Robin – Higher Education Academy, 2017
This report for the Higher Education Academy, in partnership with the University of Derby and the Career Development Organisation, examined 187 pieces of research published between 2012 and 2016 that describe how the subject of employability has been addressed during this period. It draws out some of the key implications for higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Employment Qualifications, Policy, Models
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Strang, Kenneth David – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2010
The internet has led to an increasing number of international students enrolling for postgraduate degrees. The literature confirms that there have been problems such as attrition, motivation, supervision and others. Professors struggle to appease international student learning styles, while simultaneously international students strain to…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Supervision, Supervisory Methods, Cross Cultural Studies
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Fouly, Kamal A.; And Others – Language Learning, 1990
Investigated the nature of second-language proficiency with respect to its divisibility and components. The correlated-traits and second-order hypotheses were evaluated using 354 students learning English-as-a-Second-Language, a wide range of language proficiency measures, and comfirmatory data-analytic techniques. (36 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
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Cummings, William K. – Comparative Education Review, 1984
Focuses on national differences in the numbers of students from selected Asian countries who undertake higher education abroad. Contrasts the development approach and the world-systems approach in national educational systems. Compares and presents a cross-sectional model of patterns, national levels, and determinants of sending students abroad.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Capitalism, Comparative Analysis, Educational Philosophy
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Ying, Yu-Wen; Liese, Lawrence H. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1994
Examines the adjustment of 172 Taiwanese students during their first months in the United States. A multidimensional model is used that accounts for 39% of the variance of adjustment. Mediating factors of the model include demographics, personality, number and severity of problems experienced, prearrival preparation, social support, language…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Causal Models, Culture Conflict, Ethnic Groups
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Fry, Gerald W. – Comparative Education Review, 1984
Focuses on the positive and negative economic and political effects of study abroad for students in developing nations. Presents an empirical model, comprising 84 developing nations, to assess the long-run impact of study abroad. Presents five qualitative case studies that demonstrate the effects of study abroad on development. (SB)
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Influences, Demography, Developing Nations
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Holtzhausen, Sophia Maria; Wahl, W.P. – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2002
The research question we pursued was: What are the variations in the themes of research in the African higher education context that will enable researchers to promote student development? This contribution addresses three aspects of student affairs research in the African higher education context. First, it commences with tracing the African…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers, Higher Education
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Hussin, Virginia – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2007
This paper reports on the first part of a recent research study into current initiatives to support the learning of non-English speaking background (NESB) transnational students in Asia who are studying off-shore at Australian universities. Learning support and development staff in 12 universities were surveyed using a questionnaire. The survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Plagiarism, English (Second Language)
Schoorman, Dilys – 2000
The trend to internationalize has impacted upon most higher education institutions in the United States. This paper offers an organizational framework for understanding and implementing internationalization as an institution-wide process. The first section of the paper discusses and identifies the core characteristics required for all…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, Cultural Exchange, Diversity (Faculty)