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Exploring the Complex and Non-Linear Evolution of Chinese International Students' Experiences in US Colleges

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Heng, Tang T. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018

This article contests the narrative of Chinese international students (internationals for short) as passive and problematic to reveal the complexity and fluidity of their experiences. Simultaneously, it troubles the overly linear approach of stage theory in understanding internationals' adjustment. Following nine first- and nine second-year…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Experience, College Students

Perceived Support as a Predictor of Acculturative Stress among International Students in the United States

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Bai, Jieru – Journal of International Students, 2016

A quantitative study was conducted to measure the acculturative stress of international students and investigate the predictors of acculturative stress. A total of 186 students participated in the survey. Results showed that 22.4% of the students in this study exceeded the normal stress level and might need counseling or psychological…

Descriptors: Acculturation, Foreign Students, Stress Variables, College Students

The Relationship of a Test of English as a Second Language to Measures of Achievement and Self-Concept in a Sample of American Indian Students. Research and Evaluation Report Series No. 58.

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Blanchard, Joseph D.; Reedy, Richard – 1970

In an effort to identify factors contributing to the poor achievement levels of American Indian students, a sample of juniors and seniors from the Albuquerque Indian School (AIS is a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school) were administered the following tests: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); Iowa Test of Educational Development…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Comparative Analysis