Examined stressors perceived by 34 Taiwanese graduate students in the United States and by 34 American graduate students and how Taiwanese students rated intensity of those stressors compared to ratings of U.S. graduate students. Found significant difference between groups, with Taiwanese students reporting significantly higher levels of stress in…

Discusses the determinants of international migration by college students and scholars from developing nations and the responses of various governments to the "brain drain." Examines how the Chinese government is using mass media to encourage Chinese students and scholars abroad to "complete their studies and return home." (SV)

It is estimated that this academic year, for the first time, the majority of first-year doctoral students in physics are foreign, with one-fifth of foreign students in physics from China alone. At Pennsylvania State University, all six physics doctoral students are foreign, and much effort is spent to help the students function in an American…

Examines effectiveness of intercultural training designed to help international teaching assistants reduce their "personal blame" for difficulties in comprehension. Finds support for a predictive link between training and disclosure and attributions, attributions and certain emotions, and emotions and evaluations of speaker competence. (SR)

A study of 35 international students in a business-administration program revealed the following: (1) most desired warm personal relationships with instructors; (2) the primary learning mode in their home countries was lecture; (3) they preferred direct contact with materials; and (4) a majority were classified as neutral learners on the Canfield…

Explored the effect of a teaching orientation for international teaching assistants (ITAs) on their teaching self-confidence. Surveys of ITAs before and after attending a 4-day orientation to teaching designed to improve interactive teaching skills suggested a positive effect of the orientation on their perceived level of self-confidence about…

Discusses the challenges international students often face in adjusting to their new environment without the use of local supports. Suggests how universities can form an outreach support group that encourages participation of international students by minimizing the stigma associated with using mental health services and by addressing practical…

Isolates factors influencing choice of Australia as a preferred destination for international students in emerging regional markets. Uses data obtained from a survey of students in Indonesia and Taiwan to estimate a U.S./Australia and rest-of-world/Australia discrete destination-choice model. This model identifies key factors determining country…

Presents a geometry game, tangrams, as an active learning method to engage international teaching assistants in concepts related to effective communication. Asserts that by framing the presentation of research-based communication concepts in an active learning metaphor that compares giving instructions to teaching, learners can experience these…

Presents how the identity of the foreign student is interactionally produced in the course of ordinary educational activities. Through a detailed discourse analysis within an ethnomethodological framework, shows instances of the social production of primary school students as "foreign" in and through the interaction with other students, the…

Phenomenological analysis of interviews with 22 Japanese nurses with graduate degrees from U.S. schools and 3 Japanese nurse consultants showed how graduate education changed their ways of being and sense of self. They became more verbal, direct, and articulate about personal preferences. Some experienced a sense of loss or alienation upon…

Issues in developing educational policy concerning foreign students in Australia are discussed. It is argued that the economic policy context in which foreign students are received has tended to obscure Australia's liberal democratic values, and that those values must be reasserted so that foreign students can be seen as individuals rather than as…

International schools can benefit from new students' fresh vision. Some students exhibit "culture shock" on arrival, while others, like Kipling's cat, act as though "all places are alike to them." This article examines the newcomer's adjustment process by proposing a model of personal identity development and poses questions to test the theory…

A t-test comparison of the acculturation levels of Vietnamese students living in or away from Vietnamese communities found higher overall acculturation for the former than for the latter group and no difference in the Value dimension of acculturation. Age and length of residency in the United States predicted acculturation. (Author/MKA)

Presents innovative international teaching assistant (ITA) training programs at two Ohio public universities that focus on sensitizing new ITAs to cultural differences and teaching strategies commonly used in American classrooms. The training programs are designed to reflect and incorporate each institution's own culture, such as the geographical…