Investigated the nature of second-language proficiency with respect to its divisibility and components. The correlated-traits and second-order hypotheses were evaluated using 354 students learning English-as-a-Second-Language, a wide range of language proficiency measures, and comfirmatory data-analytic techniques. (36 references) (Author/OD)

Describes the Hands across the Border Cultural Exchange Program between the communities of Palominas, Arizona, and Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. An Arizona fifth/sixth grader studies Mexico prior to hosting a visitor from Mexico and enjoying a reciprocal visit to the Arizpe student's home. Highlights the program's unique features and benefits. (DMM)

Academic and non-academic needs of 70 international students in a college of home economics at a large midwestern university were studied through an inventory developed for the study. Findings highlight the different needs of various groups, but the need for English language proficiency was particularly apparent. (SLD)

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Among 116 Chinese students surveyed at the University of Wisconsin, political attitudes about the Chinese Communist party, ideology, recent party and Chinese-government actions, democracy, and intellectual freedom were related to age and time spent reading the "New York Times" but not to years spent in the United States. (SV)

This article identifies world trends affecting higher education and argues that higher education in the United States needs foreign students for economic reasons and must provide them with high quality education at a reasonable cost. If not, they may either go elsewhere or stay home, finding their own higher education better and/or less expensive.…

Surveys nonnative students in upper-division technical writing courses to assess their opinions about how their native cultures affected their ability to communicate in English. Finds that cultural influence was significant, as was language interference. Suggests that teachers of nonnative students and professionals should design instruction to…

Responds to previous article by Pedersen on counseling international students. Sees critical incidents presented in article, their analysis and comments, and the guide to assessment instruments to be exceedingly valuable additions to the literature on counseling international students. Discusses two negative reactions to the article: that the…

Responds to previous article by Pedersen on counseling international students from perspective of clinical practitioner/international-student counselor. Sees Pedersen's article as giving insights into question of how counselors can help international students make requisite adaptations to fulfill their educational and personal goals in the United…

Presents typical problems encountered by tutors at writing centers when they conference with ESL writers. Discusses processes and ways of adapting collaborative conferencing strategies for second-language writers at the University of Wyoming Writing Center, including a need for intervention, that have proven effective in alleviating these…

Described is the job market for Ph.D.s in mathematics. Political and economic factors, an influx of mathematicians from the Soviet Union, and an increase of foreign students who want to stay in the United States after they graduate are cited as reasons for the reduced number of jobs. (KR)

Administered Student Needs Assessment Survey to 122 graduate students at public university in deep south. Data indicated that graduate student population was increasingly diverse, especially in terms of international students and women. Findings suggest that goals and needs of graduate students were predominantly personal in nature. (Author/NB)

Describes the homestay program, in which international students live with North American families to learn the language and culture. Examines reasons for the homestay program, how students are matched with families, challenges the homestay program faces, how the program helps students cope, and positive features of the homestay program. (SM)

Critically examines arguments that downgrade the importance of test reliability in English language proficiency testing of international students who attend British universities. Urges universities to move quickly to adopt an appropriate multiple- judgement approach to English language proficiency assessment and identifies alternative sources of…

Presents the story of Philippe Wamba, the son of an African American woman and an African revolutionary. Wamba describes the huge cultural and racial divide that separates African college students from both white students and African American students at the elite university which he attended, noting that he found himself most comfortable with…