The International Center (IC) of a Southern postsecondary institution has three major programs: Education Abroad, Training and Development, and International Students and scholars services. The IC Strategic Plan states that the program for international students needs to provide a wider variety of programs and services for international students…

Every day that passes presents massive change to students and instructors at all levels of education. Nowhere are these changes more evident than in the area of instructional technology, especially at the postsecondary level. This scenario is doubly complex when the participants are from countries other than where they were born and raised.…

The House Science Committee held a hearing on the enhanced security measures foreign students and scholars in science, mathematics, and engineering face when they apply for a visa and subsequently enroll in an academic or exchange program in the United States. This hearing was the second in a series on the need for balance between heightened…

Concerned about the impact on physics programs, the American Institute of Physics conducted a small targeted survey in 2003 covering all physics graduate programs across the United States. Responses were received from 72% of all such departments, including 75% of the 185 programs that granted doctorates in physics and 64% of the programs' that…

Program designed to solve some of the problems facing the foreign medical graduate in the U.S. (HS)

Relates the predoctoral training of students from India and factors related to success in chemistry Ph.D. programs in the United States. Explains the evaluation system of India and the problems encountered by the differences in the countries' educational systems. The authors recommend ways to improve the placement of Indian chemistry students in…

Report on a project at the University of Texas, El Paso, involving the use of the language laboratory to train foreign students to listen to different voices and to improve their skills in note-taking and outlining in English. Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, March 1969. (FWB)

The study concludes that attitudes of American university students toward students from other nations can be altered through group involvement methods, even those lasting for only a weekend. (Author)

An address made at the 25th anniversary celebration of the American Field Service. (HS)

Describes the planning and the foreign students' evaluation of an experimental interdisciplinary course in international environmental problems. (IR)

Offers suggestions to help teachers deal with international students in early grades, e.g., make a relaxed and welcoming first impression; include international pupils in group activities from the beginning; explain appropriate classroom standards of behavior; and incorporate parents in the learning process. (DMM)