Notes that the cultural diversity among international students may prove to be the greatest challenge for academic advisers. Considers several issues for advisers who work with international students, including issues of cultural sensitivity, language limitations, adjustment issues, academic overload, academic restrictions, international students'…

Narrative therapy attempts to examine and use the meanings and consequences that are the foundation of the stories and experiences clients bring to therapy. This article reviews narrative theory, including a description of key narrative techniques, and its application to multicultural counseling. (Author/MKA)

A survey of 60 engineering students at the University of the Pacific found that 55, including most of the international students, considered the mandatory cooperative education program important or very important in choosing the school. A survey of prospective students indicated that the mandatory program was not an enrollment deterrent. (SK)

Discusses problems related to the acculturation process for foreign students who are in the United States for a short time. Specifically looks at Japanese students who are involuntarily placed in schools in which they understand neither the language nor the cultural expectations. Contains 28 references. (JOW)

Examined the academic adjustment and learning processes of 21 local and international first-year students at an Australian university, and identified critical incidents that helped or hindered learning. Students described their behaviors and thoughts related to these incidents. Discusses the impact of particular teaching processes and implications…

Illustrates current challenges of obtaining a visa, explains the legal processes, addresses issues associated with family members who also desire residence, and provides a set of strategies to use as a checklist throughout the process. (EV)

Describes the growth in foreign-student enrollment in Australia's universities, offering statistics on enrollment and student distribution, reasons for the trend, drawbacks, and lessons for the United States. (EV)

Survey responses from 24 of 77 U.S. nursing doctoral programs indicated that their international students lack familiarity with the U.S. health care system, lack prior experience with seminars, and experience stress from heavy courseloads. The curriculum's global perspective is enhanced by their presence, but nursing schools need more effective…

According to the OECD, the value of global annual trade in 1999 in higher education has been estimated at USD 30 billion. Australia is a major participant in international education: it is the third-largest international student destination in the English-speaking world behind the United States and the United Kingdom. In recent times, the…

This article discusses the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation's report, "Diversity and the Ph.D.," released in May, which documents in troubling detail the exact dimensions of what the foundation's president, Dr. Robert Weisbuch, is calling the national "expertise gap." Weisbuch states that the expertise gap extends beyond the…

Advanced Education and Technology's mission is to lead the development of a knowledge-driven future through a dynamic and integrated advanced learning and innovation system. Its core businesses are to: (1) provide strategic leadership for Campus Alberta and Alberta Innovates; and (2) engage learners, industry and the community in learning…

This study explored cultural and gender differences in career decision-making difficulties (CDMD) experienced by 109 British and 86 Chinese international university students, and the impact of cross-cultural adjustment on the CDMD of Chinese international students. Results showed no significant cultural differences in overall CDMD, and that the…

We conducted a qualitative research study involving 13 undergraduate students who completed their student-teaching in overseas contexts. Participants completed two waves of interviews immediately after returning to campus from their multicultural experiences. Three intrinsic factors were found to have the greatest impact on students' overseas…

On the basis of an empirical sociological research project, still in progress, we will draw on a series of critical issues raised on the promise and possibility of the cultural studies in education: to get below the surface, to enhance theory or even to contribute at the level of institutional/political interference towards the central theme…

Three major drivers of internationalisation in higher education are student mobility, staff mobility and offshore delivery. All have increased rapidly over the last 20 years and a high-end estimate suggests that 6 million students will be studying abroad by 2020. Anglophone countries have dominated this process: four English-speaking countries…