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Yamashita, Miki; Schwartz, Harriet L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
This chapter explores international students' perspectives of boundaries in the American graduate-level classroom, specifically considering the culturally based essence of boundaries. The authors focus on graduate-level Japanese international students. This population is particularly helpful in their consideration of boundaries because research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Intercultural Communication
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Lowery-Hart, Russell; Pacheco, George, Jr. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
As colleges and universities face pressure to expand enrollments and provide access to diverse students, they find it difficult to recruit and retain first-generation college students (FGS). First-generation college students are significantly less likely to graduate due to lack of family support, financial strains, poor academic preparation, and…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Family Characteristics