Examines the social and educational backgrounds of Indochinese refugee children who have come to the United States since 1975. Discusses problems encountered by students in U.S. schools and suggests ways teachers can cope with cross-cultural communications, shyness, poor pronunciation, and differences in customs, traditions, names, and food…

Total enrollment in U.S. medical schools rose in 1981-82 but more slowly than previously. Composition of the student population has changed considerably, with percentage increases in women students. Underrepresented minorities were over eight percent of total enrollments. Minority and ethnic group breakdowns are presented in tabular form. (MSE)

Lack of library programs for foreign students is substantiated by a questionnaire sent to academic libraries. Specialized library handouts in foreign languages, purchase of materials about students' home countries, outreach by liaison librarian, library instruction, and staff development are suggested as means of providing service. Twenty-two…

Native English speakers' and foreign students' perceptions of 14 English intonation signals, recorded free of verbal context, show foreign students may be misinterpreting or missing much information communicated with nonlexical signals. (Author/MSE)

Explores the ways in which foreign students differ from their American counterparts, and how these differences may affect the foreign students in a tutorial or one-to-one conference. (AEA)

Reviews contributions that psychologists have made in the areas of race relations and improved international understanding. Also discusses the issue of program evaluation as an area in which psychologists have played and should continue to play an active role, thus improving projects designed to contribute to the public interest. (Author/GC)

Moderate correlations were observed between the grade point average and nonverbal battery IQ scores of the Lorge Thorndike Intelligence Test administered to 27 elementary school students representing 12 countries during their first semester at a private American school overseas. Reasons are cited for additional research needs in the United States…

Twenty-two suggestions are made for establishing and maintaining consistency and fairness in policy for transferring foreign institution credits to American institutions. Emphasis is on careful examination of foreign school systems and methods for granting appropriate credit when course equivalencies are not available. (MSE)

Reports on an experiment involving university level foreign students and using construction kits to test their ability to write technical instructions. Students worked in small groups at different kits, with the objective of producing verbalizations of assembly diagrams accurately enough to enable others to repeat the construction process without…

How best to organize the university in the interest of global awareness and ways in which existing and potential capabilities for international studies can be translated into reality are discussed. The world view, global awareness, and the international dimension, it is suggested, must grow out of a perceived need. (MLW)

Illegal aliens are guaranteed an education at public expense by the Constitution. (JD)

Discusses changes in the pronunciation of colloquial Brltish English, reflecting changing social attitudes toward traditional Received Pronunciation. Finds that a study is needed to determine a new standard for the use of future foreign students of English. A pilot study is described. (IFS/WGA) i

A scenario is presented that forecasts higher education as the United States' most important export in the future. Past changes in the American economy, the expansion of higher education since World War II, foreign student demand for American education, and American disadvantages in other production areas set the stage for this transformation.…

Recruitment of foreign students would be economically advantageous to New England. Currently, the typical foreign student in Boston makes international 15 trips to the area in a lifetime. Alumni connections are especially important, both for institutions and for the region's economy. Increasingly, other states and regions are discovering the…

International students in American legal education may need explicit information about our legal culture and its logic. A contrastive approach to studying law can serve all students by putting cultural and disciplinary differences in relief, revealing roots of our own logic and biases. Such an approach requires law faculty to explore other legal…