Two students, one studying law and the other architecture, were questioned about their lives in the Netherlands, how they fare as students as well as tenants. (RK)

The experience, observations, and reactions of foreign students to American library education are reported in this study. A questionnaire was sent to each foreign student who graduated from an accredited American library school between 1965-69. The questionnaire invited comments concerning the student's reaction to his year or more in an American…

Suggests countertrading as a method allowing students from certain countries with cash shortages to pursue a college education in the United States. Recommends ways to carry out such agreements. For example, oil from Nigeria could be sold to pay for Nigerian students' tuition at American colleges. Includes one reference. (MLH)

Using pooled data for 25 countries for 1962-1976, this paper analyzes foreign students' decisions to return home or remain in the U.S. after completing their training there. Develops a model to explain why the pattern of foreign students' nonreturn varied so greatly across countries of origin and over time. Includes 4 table, 31 notes, and 23…

According to the latest report by the Institute of International Education, 586,323 foreign students studied in the United States in the 2002-2003 academic year. Foreign students benefit U.S. colleges and universities in many ways, including economic contributions and the value of their work as teachers and researchers, but there has been…

Critique of the so called "forerunner of contemporary policies for admitting foreign students to U.S. colleges and universities. (AD)

Results of an opinion questionnaire administered to students in Russia and in the United States. (LR)

Investigated from two perspectives the Internet's role in communicating educational opportunities: students' Internet use to facilitate information search and decision making, and educational institutions' e-business adoption and implementation. Two surveys of international students and face-to-face interviews with marketing executives from nine…

Studied acculturation of international people (n=606). Found that Africans, Asians, and South Americans were significantly less acculturated than were Europeans. Significant differences emerged for permanent versus nonpermanent U.S. residence status, length of residence in United States, and religion. Participants related their identity to values,…

A study of the relationship between acculturation level and vocational identity among 112 Taiwanese students attending Midwestern universities found that students who were older and in the United States for a shorter period of time were more apt to identify themselves as Asian. They also had a higher level of vocational identity. (JOW)

Discusses the increasing recruitment by college coaches of foreign athletes. Explores whether Americans are losing valuable scholarship and training opportunities to foreign students. (EV)

Teacher behaviors were rated by 102 students from the United States, 142 from Asian cultures, and 73 from Western cultures (Canada, Europe). U.S. students rated clarity, enthusiasm, interaction, and spatial-behavioral communication more highly than Eastern students did. Western students rated all but spatial-behavioral communication more highly…