Presents how the identity of the foreign student is interactionally produced in the course of ordinary educational activities. Through a detailed discourse analysis within an ethnomethodological framework, shows instances of the social production of primary school students as "foreign" in and through the interaction with other students, the…

Phenomenological analysis of interviews with 22 Japanese nurses with graduate degrees from U.S. schools and 3 Japanese nurse consultants showed how graduate education changed their ways of being and sense of self. They became more verbal, direct, and articulate about personal preferences. Some experienced a sense of loss or alienation upon…

Issues in developing educational policy concerning foreign students in Australia are discussed. It is argued that the economic policy context in which foreign students are received has tended to obscure Australia's liberal democratic values, and that those values must be reasserted so that foreign students can be seen as individuals rather than as…

International schools can benefit from new students' fresh vision. Some students exhibit "culture shock" on arrival, while others, like Kipling's cat, act as though "all places are alike to them." This article examines the newcomer's adjustment process by proposing a model of personal identity development and poses questions to test the theory…

A t-test comparison of the acculturation levels of Vietnamese students living in or away from Vietnamese communities found higher overall acculturation for the former than for the latter group and no difference in the Value dimension of acculturation. Age and length of residency in the United States predicted acculturation. (Author/MKA)

Presents innovative international teaching assistant (ITA) training programs at two Ohio public universities that focus on sensitizing new ITAs to cultural differences and teaching strategies commonly used in American classrooms. The training programs are designed to reflect and incorporate each institution's own culture, such as the geographical…

Evaluated the Integrated Bridging Programme (IBP) of the University of Adelaide, South Australia, which offers international postgraduates the opportunity to develop languages and skills for successful acculturation. Responses of all IBP participants for 2 years and of supervising staff show the importance of recognizing that it is not only the…

Provides a step-by-step "roadmap" for initiating and developing international programs on campus, including study abroad programs and services for incoming non-native students and faculty. Includes a list of additional resources. (EV)

Investigated international graduate students' perspectives on higher education classes in their native countries and the United States, examining classroom interaction and student and professor roles. Students recommended that higher education faculty establish greater inclusiveness for international students that would acknowledge differences in…

A scale comprising 26 quality variables was developed, verified, and tested with 359 Australian and international undergraduate students studying business subjects at a South-East Queensland (Australia) university. Identification of four critical factors found academic instruction most important. Significant differences were also found between…

Investigated the criteria that Indonesian students consider when choosing a college or university. The most important factors identified were "course and career information" and "physical aspects and facilities." Other important factors were cost of education, degree (content and structure), and value of education. Results are…

Investigates predictors of international students' (N=121) attitudes toward seeking counseling. Results indicate that being female, having greater openness to emotions, and having had prior counseling experience were significant predictors of more open attitudes toward seeking counseling. (Contains 27 references.) (GCP)

Discusses how many Middle Eastern students, pressured by their parents and in the face of growing hostility on American campuses, are abandoning their studies to return to their home countries. (EV)

International students have often been spoken about in academic literature as a group with group problems and "identities". In this article, I use postmodern and poststructuralist ways of analysing to look at the ways international students (re)construct storylines about themselves. Some discourses construct closed and limited subject…

This paper explores general issues relating to globalization and higher education; the internationalization of higher education, and particularly the recruitment of international students. This subject is examined through a range of topics around the global development of the market approach to the recruitment of international students and a focus…