An address made at the 25th anniversary celebration of the American Field Service. (HS)

Describes the planning and the foreign students' evaluation of an experimental interdisciplinary course in international environmental problems. (IR)

Offers suggestions to help teachers deal with international students in early grades, e.g., make a relaxed and welcoming first impression; include international pupils in group activities from the beginning; explain appropriate classroom standards of behavior; and incorporate parents in the learning process. (DMM)

Collected data on alcohol practice for Nigerian college students (N=300) in New York. Results were obtained using frequencies and percentages of responses to items relating to drinking practices. Results indicated a high degree of alcohol abuse among Nigerian students in New York. (Author/RC)

Presents study designed to measure which items of American culture Japanese students know and to what degree these items are understood. Describes multiple-choice Test of American Culture. This article is also available as ED 191 331. (Author/BK)

Surveyed students and found that international student-athletes adjusted to college as well as students and student-athletes from the United States, and that they were significantly better adjusted than international non-athletes. Also uncovered gender and ethnicity differences. (EV)

Eight female Nigerians studying nursing in the United States experienced social isolation, became resolved to acceptance of antagonistic attitudes encountered in the program, and persisted in spite of obstacles. From their experiences, recommendations for the adjustment of international students were developed. (Contains 20 references.) (SK)

Presents a historical overview of educational cooperation among Commonwealth countries, 1959-2003, focusing on themes of cooperative international programs and institutions, consultation and joint activity, and Commonwealth student mobility. Addresses prospects for the future survival of this cooperation. (SV)

Gathered reflections of international and U.S. students on cultural, communication, and instructional difficulties of the task of bringing evaluation theory from the U.S. culture to other cultures, adjusting for differences and translating the theory for different contexts. (SLD)

A variety of ways in which U.S. citizens can make the visit of foreign students more pleasant and productive are discussed, and the benefits of doing so are noted. (MSE)

Presents a postmodern discussion of the playful recreation of Chinese New Year "cards" by Chinese students using the Internet. Signifies the increasingly popular practice of incorporating festive symbols from other cultures into electronic greetings. Notes that users must often install Chinese-language software before these encoded texts…

Discusses Japan's Ministry of Education's plan to raise the number of foreign students studying in the university system up to 100,000 by the year 2000. Barriers to the program include insufficient technical training and mastery of the Japanese language. (MDH)