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Barrie, Simon C. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
For many years universities around the world have sought to articulate the nature of the education they offer to their students through a description of the generic qualities and skills their graduates possess. Despite the lengthy history of the rhetoric of such policy claims, universities' endeavours to describe generic attributes of graduates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Higher Education, Graduates
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Cargill, Margaret – Higher Education Research and Development, 1996
A University of Adelaide (Australia) program to assist international graduate students in adjustment to Australian academic and discipline-related norms is described. The program focuses on language and academic skill development, and has been found to be effective. Factors in programs success, and their potential for wider application are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Foreign Students