This paper is based on a classroom experience that showed the need of teaching American culture before attempting to teach American literature meaningfully to foreigners. The students in this learning situation were the Middle-Eastern employees of an American organization in the school year 1966-67. The teachers found out the students interpreted…

The effectiveness of the Department of State's educational and cultural exchange program is studied with special reference to foreign students, leaders, and teachers who have come to the United States on grants. Extensive interviews with former grantees (1949-60) and inquiries among prominent professionals, embassy personnel, and high level…

Why students come to and remain in the US may be explained by a variety of factors related to conditions in their home country versus conditions in the US. The strength of these operative factors was determined by the application of reason analysis to three groups: Israeli students and alumni population in the US, Israelis who have studied in the…

Written as a guide to be used in the admission and placement of students from the United Kingdom in U.S. institutions of higher education, this study discussed the educational system of the United Kingdom. The British approach to education is compared to and explained in relation to the U.S. approach. Following a summary of the organization of…

This study presents a new version of the cloze procedure used as a placement test for foreign students enrolled in an English language program for non-native speakers. Called the New Cloze Test (NCT), the test was administered to 136 foreign students who were beginning college students and who had not been in the United States longer than one…

The 919 international students enrolled at the Rockville Campus of Montgomery Community College (Maryland) for the 1974 fall semester represent 9.5 percent of the total campus enrollment of 9,624. Many members of the college community are curious as to why international students are here, what countries they are from, and in which curricula they…

Graduate students do need and can benefit from instruction in the basis of composition, but the definition of what each student basically needs will vary so greatly that individual instruction is the only meaningful way to meet those needs. The demand for such instruction spurred the development of a graduate course at North Texas State University…

Some validity criteria were applied to the language proficiency measures used by the British Council, particularly the "Davies Test." Five types of test validity are identified: construct validity; content validity; concurrent validity compared with another test; prediction validity; and face, or apparent, validity. Foreign students…

The tables in this document are formatted to provide geographic origin information on numbers of graduate and undergraduate students both full- and part-time. Tables for each college are provided that show the numbers of students at the college from each New York State county, other state, or foreign country. In another part of the report, this…

The language problems described here concerned undergraduate college science courses taught by foreign Teaching Assistants, whose students claimed they could not understand their instructors' English. Upon investigation it was clear that a standard course in English was not sufficient to deal with the communication problems caused not only by…

This report presented a review of the Florida Inter-American Learning Institute (FILI), which began at Tallahassee in March 1968. FILI was designed as a "half-way house" where foreign students could increase their ability to communicate in English. Students enroll for one or two 11-week periods during which they receive instruction in…

This document presents statistical data concerning enrollments for fall 1973 and degrees granted 1965-June 1973 in nuclear engineering. Highlights of this survey of educational institutions indicated: (1) Ph.D.'s decreased to 126 from 149 in 1971-72 and from 181 in 1969-70. (2) MS's increased to 442 from 428 in 1971-72. (3) BS's increased to 551…

This report is the result of inquiries conducted during the winter of 1971 at 12 universities into departmental policies and procedures in relation to the foreign student. Two departments were surveyed at each university, providing 24 reports or case studies. The results were reviewed by the members of the Task Force on Crucial Issues, and…

A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OF THE FOREIGN STUDENTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF FIVE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE CLEVELAND AREA. THE GENERAL RESEARCH DESIGN EMPLOYED THE USE OF SUCH SURVEY METHODS AS HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, INFORMANT TECHNIQUES, PERSONAL INTERVIEWS, AND OBSERVATION. DURING A 2-YEAR PERIOD, QUESTIONNAIRES…

THE TESTS ARE MEANS AVAILABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO SEEK RECOGNITION FOR LEARNING OBTAINED FROM A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, PRIVATE INSTRUCTION, TV COURSES, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, GROUP DISCUSSIONS, AND PRIVATE LECTURES. THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT ACADEMIC CREDIT BY EXAMINATION FOR THESE UNAFFILIATED STUDENTS IS THE KEY TO THE FLEXIBILITY, INNOVATION,…