University students demand a curriculum centering on man and society. (CK)

The question ofwhether degree requirements should be inflexibly enforced for foreign students is analyzed. (HS)

A survey shows that the problems foreign students encounter are similar to or the same as those faced by American students. (HS)

Author discusses the types of preparation that will best enable the overseas student of home economics to meet her country's needs when she returns home. (Author)

Data from a recent survey focusing on community college international programs and/or activities are presented along with several suggestions for further development in this area. (MB)

This study examined the relationship between selected academic, personality, and biographical variables and the first year college achievement of Canadian male freshmen. The major findings showed that some academic and some personality variables did constitute significant predictors of the subjects' college achievement. The best predictor was the…

Describes a collaborative language-focused curriculum design project in a 3-week training workshop for international teaching assistants. The design attempts to deal with the shortcomings of short and intensive programs. Outlines the theoretical underpinnings and structure and process of the curriculum design effort. (SLD)

Compares United States students' perceptions of international education and related competencies with similar perceptions of foreign students. Finds that the comments of the two groups were remarkably similar in content--though the members of the two groups were reared in different cultures, each group expressed the same fundamental intentions.…

Describes how the U.S. government is zealously searching for fake documents and other illegal activities on college campuses. (EV)

Describes how the second half of the twentieth century saw the development of a global market in international education, so that by the 1990s, the systems of many host nations (e.g., Australia, Canada, United Stated, United Kingdom, and New Zealand) had become more market focused and were adopting professional marketing strategies to recruit…

Focuses on three students from mainland China as part of an investigation of Asian students' classroom communication patterns in United States universities to explore the complexities of silence, and the cultural interpretations of silence in various social contexts. Multiple functions of silence in terms of linkage, affecting, revelational,…

Conducted descriptive comparison of United States and international students to examine whether or not bias exists when norm-based proficiency tests are applied across national cultures. Examined competency test scores, grade point averages, and freshmen English and mathematics grades of American and international students. Results suggest that…

Describes workshop developed at the Catholic University of America to help international students work temporarily in the United States through Practical Training employment, thus making their education more meaningful and providing them with work experience. Presents history and rationale of the program and discusses cultural issues that must be…

Promotes culture-specific counseling approach, which starts with the culture and its people and searches out natural helping styles. Uses case model drawn from African-Igbo culture and applies anthropological constructs that seek to discover more culturally sensitive approach to counseling theory, to training in counseling skills and knowledge,…