Compared the adjustment of 182 international students to a comparison sample of U.S. students to determine if they have greater difficulty adjusting to college life. Found that international students are more likely to feel lonely, homesick, and as if they had left part of themselves at home. Also confirmed the importance of social networks in…

Foreign students say that because university representatives rarely reach out to them, they rely on each other for advice on everything from academic schedules to American culture. But administrators say foreign students do not always take advantage of the resources, and stick together rather than mix with Americans. (MLW)

Describes a four-phase bibliographic instruction program for English as a second language students: (1) a pretest to assess readiness; (2) an in-class session including pretest review and practice with bibliographic description; (3) a library search using either the card or online catalog and a periodical index; and (4) a posttest to measure…

The roles of the academic department and of teaching assistants (TAs) in improving the quality of TA instruction are reviewed. Strategies include making available teaching guides designed for beginning teachers, holding instructional seminars, conducting activities to acculturate foreign and U.S. students to each other's approaches, and specifying…

This article outlines the problems in the student pipeline and the faculty pipeline related to engineering. Difficulties of women engineering faculty members are discussed. (YP)

A review of existing training programs for international teaching assistants indicates that trainers generally use one of four approaches: orientation, precession, concurrent-term, or preterm programs. The key to success to any of these approaches is the staff members who conduct the programs. (MLW)

This article describes the University of Pennsylvania's School of Dental Medicine's Program for Advanced Standing Students (PASS) which provides graduates of foreign dental schools with an intensive summer program to prepare them for integration with four-year students for the last two years of didactic and clinical curriculum. A survey of 72 PASS…

Explains how students, all of whom may speak Chinese as their native tongue, still have different learning styles depending on their ethnic origins. Outlines four main areas of difference among Chinese-speaking foreign students. Shows how these differences inform the business writing teacher. (HB)

The speech of a sample of Chinese and Korean nonnative speakers of English (n=30) was evaluated by raters of the Speaking Proficiency English Assessment Kit (SPEAK) for a degree of fluency and by a computerized silent-pause-detection program. (35 references) (JL)

Characterizes globalization as a new imperative for U.S. higher education and a new challenge for the accreditation community. Addresses the need for assuring institutional integrity and quality as international programs are developed. Offers recommendations for the initiation and evaluation of international programs. (DMM)

African-American students earned 933 of the Ph.D.s earned in 1991, 4 percent more than in 1990 and 13.6 percent more than in 1989. The number still falls short of the 1981 totals. However, disparity in financial support between African-American and foreign students continues. The results suggest a rise in minority college faculty in the near…

The heavy migration of highly educated Asians to the United States since the early 1970s is examined, noting advantages and disadvantages to the countries of origin and to the United States as well as the historical, educational, and economic factors causing this migration. It is concluded that, despite considerable loss, developing countries do…

Analyzes the nature and extent of communications training that international teaching assistants actually receive as well as what they should receive for their faculty roles in American universities. Focuses on Indiana state-supported research institutions in comparison with national standards and practices. (HB)

A survey of 16 optometry schools shows foreign student enrollment up from 1.1 percent to 2.1 percent of total enrollment between 1977-78 and 1989-90. A rapid increase in Canadian students is noted, with growth from 19 percent to 54.4 percent of all foreign enrollment. Opportunities for improving the field worldwide are seen in these trends. (MSE)

Describes an ESL department's whole language approach to writing and reading, replacing its traditional grammar-based ESL instructional sequence. Reports the positive quantitative and qualitative results of the first three years of using the new approach. (KEH)