A handbook of information for foreign students, visiting scholars, and visiting faculty members is presented by Murray State University (Kentucky). The following topics are covered: academic life, automobiles, the Center for International Programs, child care, credential (transcript) evaluation, emergencies, employment, English language, finances,…

Many international students who come to the United States to improve their research techniques and their written and oral presentations have little or no training in the English language. Such students might benefit from a program similar to that held at Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) in September 1981 for 12 Ecuadorian technicians. This…

Although the number of foreign students enrolled in economics doctoral programs in the United States has gradually increased, no need exists to modify curricula to meet the needs of these students. During 1981-1982, in 13 of the leading economics programs, foreign students comprised 36 percent of graduate enrollments and 45 percent of…

At the University of Minnesota role playing and simulation exercises were used in a new orientation program for foreign students. The goal was to help the foreign student define the roles he feels are important and to learn whether his solutions to problems are appropriate to his new culture. (Author)

A look at the case method of studying higher education ministries begins with an essay on the use of the method and is followed by three case studies. In the introductory essay, Robert A. Evans discusses the advantages of the method: that it represents slices of real life and not imagined illustrations of issues, that it can focus on specific…

SCHOOLS OFFERING HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN PARIS AND IN THE PROVINCES ARE LISTED BY SUBJECT MATTER. A SEPARATE SECTION LISTS TOPIC HEADINGS PERTINENT TO THE SCHOOL OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES. EXAMPLES OF INFORMATION SLIPS SENT TO FOREIGN STUDENTS WHO ASKED FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ARE GIVEN. SEE FL 000 688 FOR A COMPANION DOCUMENT. (AF)

THIS HANDBOOK IS TO GUIDE SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN DEVELOPING OR EVALUATING STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN HIGH SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN MICHIGAN. CHAPTER 1 CONSISTS OF A DISCUSSION OF THE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND SOCIAL OBJECTIVES FOR EXCHANGE PROGRAMS. CHAPTER 2 LISTS THE PROGRAMS SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING IN MICHIGAN, AND DISCUSSES THE RESPONSIBILITIES…

Hearings before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law are presented regarding the immigration of foreign medical graduates and the new restrictions placed on their entry into this country under the provision of Title IV of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-484). Testimony…

The Community/Junior College Committee of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA) sponsored a study on junior and community college enrollments of foreign students in the U. S. The report consists of a series of tables: a national summary report by NAFSA region and regional reports by state. These tables indicate the total…

The exchange of French and American teaching assistants at Central Michigan University is described. Information on the following topics is given in detail: (1) candidate selection, (2) program organization, (3) teaching assistant qualifications and responsibilities, and (4) advantages and disadvantages of the exchange program. Students taking…

This review of higher education research conducted in Australia and New Zealand is divided in two parts. Part I deals generally with research into academic success and failure and includes: (1) selection and wastage; (2) selection, years spent in sixth form, and a Formula; (3) age and maturity; (4) other student variables, such as reasons students…

The focus of this bibliography is on the role of students in society and in higher education throughout the world. Material on the US is omitted because of the large number of publications on US students and higher education. The 1800 listings are drawn mainly from English, French, Spanish, and German language publications. The introduction…

This is the report of a panel of experts who met to attempt to improve the experience of Latin American students in U.S. universities in the field of Business Administration. The report is organized into five sections. The first section identifies the objectives of the U.S. institutions with respect to the Latin American students, and considers…

The author, a consultant in English as a Second Language (ESL) in the New Jersey State Department of Education, emphasizes the need for inservice training in ESL. She points out that school personnel of many districts which she has observed purport to have ESL programs but actually are unaware that the teaching of ESL requires special training.…