Contrary to the findings of previous studies that foreign students at British Universities are less successful academically than British students, this study concludes that Norwegian students had a lower failure rate and compared favorably in examination performance with British students. The question of whether motivation explains this high…

This hearing was held to learn about the implementation of the Student Exchange and Visitor Information System (SEVIS), designed to monitor international students studying in the United States, and the interactions among institutions of higher education, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and the U.S. Department of State. Following…

At this joint session, the House Subcommittee on Select Education and the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness met to hear testimony on the policy implications of tracking international students in higher education. The purpose of the hearing was not to talk about the value of exchange programs or having foreign students participate in…

International students' perceptions of and preferences for the teaching-learning process in a U.S. university was assessed. Nine participants representing three regions of the world (Asia, Africa, and Latin America) were interviewed individually and asked to reflect on their teaching-learning experiences in Ph.D. courses. They were also asked to…

A very clear implication of this study is that future foreign students might be helped in their social adjustments if they could be given the opportunity to participate in an orientation program conducted in the United States which focused upon the informal aspects of American life. (Author)

At St. Claire School in Toronto, there is a new class in which students who have come recently from Italy speak and are taught in Italian; English is one of the other subjects taught and it too is taught with Italian as the language of instruction. (Authors/JA)

The Asian and Pacific Student Leader Project (APSL) arranges nonacademic travel programs for multinational groups of university student leaders. (PG)

Interviews and questionnaire data from returnees to Turkey who studied in American Universities from 1957-68 indicated a range of developmental problems, with the focus on Turkey's social problems. (FF)

Foreign medical graduates are trained in a more didactic fashion and have had less exposure to clinical situations than the American student beginning his internship. (HS)

Provides a systematic account of Canadian activities on the federal, provincial, and individual levels with respect to international education. (LN)

The Florida Inter-American Learning Institute is an English language training and cultural orientation center located at Tallahassee Junior College. (MS)

In this paper delivered at the National ACAC Conference in Chicago, October, 1969, specific suggestions are outlined to show how the foreign student experience may be applied to minority groups indigenous to the United States. (Author/EK)