The study examined the ways in which different categories of discourse marker affect how well foreign college students understand university lectures, and specifically, the effects of macro markers (those indicating overall organization) and micro markers (functioning as fillers, indicating links between sentences). Four versions of an American…

In this study, 60 pairs of Ss were randomly selected and individually matched on age, sex, grade equivalence, and birth order. The seven null hypotheses dealt with culture, sex, birth order, and their interactions. The main self-rating scales employed were the IPAT Anxiety Scale and the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. (Author/EK)

Minnesota has just passed a bill which allows for financial aid for foreign students in all state institutions of higher education. (PG)

The concern in Australian universities about the prevalence of plagiarism has led to the development of policies about academic integrity and in turn focused attention on the need to inform students about how to avoid plagiarism and how to properly acknowledge. Teaching students how to avoid plagiarism can appear to be straightforward if based on…

FOR THE FOREIGN STUDENT WHO PLANS TO ENROLL IN A COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES, THIS BOOKLET PRESENTS INFORMATION ABOUT JUNIOR COLLEGES--(1) THEIR GENERAL NATURE, LOCATION, SUPPORT, CONTROL, AND PROGRAMS, (2) INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS, TEACHERS, CALENDARS, ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS AND CREDITS, (3) DEGREES, (4) STUDENT LIFE, (5) ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS,…

SUMMARIES OF PRESENTATIONS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF JUNIOR COLLEGES AND OTHER AGENCIES PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS IN AMERICAN JUNIOR COLLEGES. A RESEARCH REPORT DESCRIBES PROBLEMS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN SUCH PROGRAMS--(1) LACK OF ADEQUATE ORIENTATION OF QUALIFIED FOREIGN…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN-FOREIGN STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS IS A CYCLICAL PROCESS THAT REQUIRES PROGRAMMING TO GENERATE THE PROCESS. THE FOREIGN STUDENT ADVISOR IS PRIMARILY A CATALYST. HIS ROLE MAY ALSO INCLUDE COORDINATION, SUPPORT, CONTINUATION, EVALUATION, AND CHANGE. SUGGESTIONS RELEVANT TO THE FORMULATION OF THE GOALS OF SUCH RELATIONSHIPS ARE…

Opening remarks touched on the need for more knowledge of foreign cultures to fit the diminishing world, continuing education for present and future use, and a suggestion that interinstitutional cooperation start with the small and simple rather than the complex. Panel I dealt with foreign students and instructors, the possible use of retired…

Policies and problems in admitting and guiding African students were considered at a conference at Howard University. Whether American universities should take African manpower needs into account in receiving African students was the most strongly debated issue of the conference. A number of steps were proposed for governments and educational…

The status of foreign students is shown to have both legal and social aspects that make definitions of the subset difficult. Their legal status is that of holding a special position in immigrant law which restricts their activities, especially in economic areas. That they are viewed socially as "outsiders" is reflected in the nature of their…

The creation of the Committee of Presidents in 1962 was a significant step toward systematic cooperation among Ontario universities. This cooperation, which has consistently increased, was the response to growing dependence on public funds, and to increased government interest in how funds were spent. The universities have cooperated in…

In order to accumulate data on foreign medical students in the Americas, medical schools of the member countries of the Pan American Health Organization region of the World Health Organization were surveyed to acquire data on their student enrollments by country of origin, sex, and year of study for the 1971-72 academic year. A tabular…