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Marangell, Samantha; Arkoudis, Sophie; Baik, Chi – Journal of International Students, 2018
This article argues that international student integration is not only a university issue, but a community one. Thus, the next step for universities' internationalization strategies requires expanding efforts to include engagement with the greater community and bringing a community-based approach to internationalization processes. Doing so will…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Cross Cultural Training, Sense of Community, Student Adjustment
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Mofidi, Tracey; El-Alayli, Amani; Brown, Ashley A. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2014
Grateful people experience more psychological well-being, social connectedness, and feelings of personal accomplishment, along with less burnout. They also use more adaptive approach-oriented coping strategies. Thus, we hypothesized that trait gratitude and grateful coping strategies would be associated with various indicators/predictors of…
Descriptors: Coping, College Students, Academic Persistence, Success
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Ng, Ting Kin; Tsang, Kwok Kuen; Lian, Yi – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2013
Previous acculturation research has established the influences of acculturation strategies and social support on cross-cultural adaptation. The present study attempted to elaborate these direct associations by proposing that social support and the use of the integration and marginalization strategies might affect psychological adaptation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Social Support Groups, Change Strategies, Psychological Studies
Smith, Daryl G. – 1989
The makeup of student bodies in higher education has become more diverse, but students tend to be clustered in segments of the postsecondary system and in various levels and fields. Many campuses do not effectively integrate students who are different. Institutions that are successful in this area tend to: (1) focus on student success and provide…
Descriptors: Alienation, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Environment