This paper explores Malaysian students' problems within their science and engineering tertiary courses in Japanese through their diary entries and semi-structured interviews. The study analyses how students implement management strategies to overcome their problems. Although many studies are available regarding students' academic activities in a…

Practitioners working closely with second language (L2) writers in the US recognize at least two types of L2 students: international (IL2) and Generation 1.5 (G1.5) students. Some argue that specific differences in each group's writing performance are evident (cf. Harklau, 2003; Reid, 2006); however, investigations into observable and measurable…

This InfoBrief uses data collected from the 2009 Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) to report on trends in the numbers of individuals who earn research doctoral degrees from U.S. academic institutions. Postgraduation plans of new doctorate recipients are examined from 2004 to 2009, a period that includes the recent economic decline. The following…

This article explores international student teaching (IST) within the narratives of a prospective language teacher from the midwestern region of the United States. With a focus on one participant, the case study highlights significant factors that relate to the IST experience in Ecuador. A corpus generated from verbal protocols collected over a…

A study was conducted to identify and compare anticipated life satisfaction and readjustment as perceived by bachelor and graduate degree-level international students returning to developing countries after studying agriculture in the United States with actual life satisfaction and readjustment as perceived by students with similar backgrounds who…

Two students, one studying law and the other architecture, were questioned about their lives in the Netherlands, how they fare as students as well as tenants. (RK)

The experience, observations, and reactions of foreign students to American library education are reported in this study. A questionnaire was sent to each foreign student who graduated from an accredited American library school between 1965-69. The questionnaire invited comments concerning the student's reaction to his year or more in an American…

Suggests countertrading as a method allowing students from certain countries with cash shortages to pursue a college education in the United States. Recommends ways to carry out such agreements. For example, oil from Nigeria could be sold to pay for Nigerian students' tuition at American colleges. Includes one reference. (MLH)

Using pooled data for 25 countries for 1962-1976, this paper analyzes foreign students' decisions to return home or remain in the U.S. after completing their training there. Develops a model to explain why the pattern of foreign students' nonreturn varied so greatly across countries of origin and over time. Includes 4 table, 31 notes, and 23…

According to the latest report by the Institute of International Education, 586,323 foreign students studied in the United States in the 2002-2003 academic year. Foreign students benefit U.S. colleges and universities in many ways, including economic contributions and the value of their work as teachers and researchers, but there has been…

Critique of the so called "forerunner of contemporary policies for admitting foreign students to U.S. colleges and universities. (AD)