This document, a summary of a master's thesis in extension education, analyzes the relationship of selected factors with the academic performance of Malaysian students enrolled at Louisiana State University. Data were collected by mail questionnaire from all Malaysian students with a diploma in agriculture who were enrolled at the university in…

This report summarizes the training workshop on the Evaluation of Asian Educational Credentials recommendations and findings. This report is an attempt to extract from the total workshop those points that are most relevant to the problem of evaluating credentials from India, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan. For each of the four countries the…

This is the report from the workshop for the admission and placement of students from the Pacific-Asia Area. The basic purpose of this workshop was to bring together a group of experienced admissions officers and resource persons with expertise in the particular countries to be covered, in order to study, in some depth, foreign educational systems…

This is another of several multi-media packages on ethnic groups in Toronto that attempt to introduce Toronto teachers (especially those who teach English as a second language) to the cultures and societies from which their students came. An introduction to the multi-media package on Greece is given here. Sections included in the document are:…

The Academic Advisory Staff (AAS) of the Office of International Training (OIT), Agency for International Development (AID) analyzes and interprets the academic credentials of AID participants from cooperating countries in terms of the educational system of the U. S. To carry out this service the AAS has developed a library of reference materials…

In order to involve its students in its efforts to improve the international educational program in the U.S., the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA) held a conference on January 20, 1972 to distill and implement concrete programs. One of the programs implemented from the conference was the "Student NAFSA Papers" program in…

By furnishing cultural and historical research, this study provides teachers with background information on West Indian immigrants, thereby helping teachers to better understand and assist such newcomers, who comprise over five percent of the total yearly Canadian immigration, in the Toronto schools. Seven sections comprise the booklet. The first…

Describes a questionnaire that explored foreign agricultural engineering students' present positions in their home countries, and their opinions on their training in the United States. (MLH)

In the face of declining, full-time enrollments, colleges and universities are investigating markets other than those previously cultivated. The international student market presents a viable resource which, with integrated marketing methods, can offset the declining domestic student population. (Author)

The project aids able students from countries that have no physics Ph.D. programs (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand) to obtain assistantships and Ph.D.'s abroad, assists in the technological development of those countries, and helps U.S. schools in selecting the most promising foreign candidates. (BB)

Points out the advantages of special technical writing courses for foreign graduate students and describes successful approaches used in teaching such a course. (GW)

International students were more likely than students from the United States to prefer faculty members and counselors and less likely to prefer friends for help with all kinds of problems. (Author)

Some ways to support the mathematical learning of children from Asian backgrounds are presented. Language and communication skills are stressed. (ML)

Administered Noncognitive Questionnaire (NCQ) to entering freshmen international college students. Cumulative grade point averages and enrollment status for each student obtained for eight semesters following matriculation were used to examine predictive validity of NCQ. Found NCQ predicted college grades and retention for international students.…