Discusses international student services in the United States and asserts that targeted recruitment, high-quality admission policies, and mainstreamed student services provide the best experience for the student and the institution. Examines components of institutional rationale, such as scholarship, internationalization, and financial impact,…

Tests the universal nature of stress and coping behavior among overseas college students in China and provides basic information towards understanding the problems that result from stress and coping which can best be defined in cultural terms. Results indicated that academic and interpersonal sources of stress were the most common Stressors…

Explores the cultivation phenomenon among international college students in the United States by examining the connection between levels of acculturation, daytime TV talk show viewing, and beliefs about social reality. Finds that students who scored low on acculturation and watched a great deal of daytime talk shows had a more negative perception…

Discusses how many college officials expect chaos when the federal government imposes its January 30 deadline for colleges to comply with Sevis, a computerized system for tracking foreign students. (EV)

Compared attitudes of Chinese and American graduate students toward counselors/counseling process. Findings from 148 American and 102 Chinese students suggest that American students tended to perceive problems as more serious than did Chinese students. It appeared that Chinese students did not differ from American students in preference for…

Discusses the need for composition courses for non-native English speaking students who are majoring in science and technology to prepare them to write on scientific/technical topics. Unique differences between conventional and technical writing tasks are discussed, and teaching implications are assessed. (GLR)

With over a million students studying outside their own countries, foreign students' influence is felt worldwide. Most come from developing to industrialized nations, returning home with knowledge for socio-economic development and western values. Foreign study has had widespread effects on academic systems, policies, and costs. (MSE)

Japanese universities are encouraging their students to study in the United States. Tokyo International University's campus in Oregon has links to Willamette University. The goal is to form a kind of global university with students spending three years overseas, and then completing their degrees in Tokyo. (MLW)

Examined effectiveness of two directive academic counseling styles (authoritative versus collaborative) on Asian foreign students' (n=50) ratings of peer counselor effectiveness. High-acculturated students rated authoritative peer counselors higher in overall effectiveness, whereas low-acculturated students rated collaborative peer counselors…

Examined level of stressors and stress symptoms in lives of international graduate students, as well as sources of social support that might be most useful in coping with stressors. Findings from 272 international students revealed that support from their families had positive direct effect on stress symptoms, and support from academic programs…

Claims that students from foreign countries are sometimes the victims of negative attitudes from their composition instructors. Considers the advantages and disadvantages of working with students whose English skills are not on a level of fluency. (HB)

Challenges several myths about writing assessment held by educators. Argues for the validity of assessments developed within particular environments for particular purposes agreed to by those teaching within those environments. Celebrates the lack of conformity in grading as a sign of a rich and nurturing environment for the development of writing…

Notes business communication instructors have little or no formal training to enable them to meet second-language (L2) students' special needs. Describes a double translation method for motivating these students which is supported by current research in both L2 pedagogy and intercultural communication theory. (NH)

Presents a statistical survey of international students' enrollment in American library and information science schools from the late 1880s to 1988. Data are presented regarding home countries of foreign students, and trends are identified, including the increase in the number of Asian students and a decrease in the number of European students.…

Comparison of international and U.S. students' attitudes toward cheating revealed that, although most students rated such behavior as using crib notes, copying from another student's test, and allowing such copying as immoral and wrong, U.S., Arabic, and Spanish differed in their ratings and characterization of such behaviors as cheating. (CB)