In a resolution, the Committee of Ministers recommended that governments of Council of Europe member states ask their countries' school authorities to use the school career and health record for children attending school abroad for a trial period and inform the Council of Europe Secretariat at the end of the trial period of their experience in…

The International Education Program at Broward Community College (BCC) is administered by the Division of International/Intercultural Education, several special program coordinators, and a college-wide International Education Committee. Using an approach that draws upon the talent and expertise of faculty members in departments and divisions…

This annotated list of institutions is the first of two documents produced in a study of training needs and opportunities in communication for development for personnel from less-developed countries. Three categories of institutions that either presently offer or have the potential to offer communication for development training are listed: U.S.…

Although international students studying in the United States are identified as a high risk group under considerable stress, counseling services which meet their special needs are few and generally ineffective. American counselors have not been trained to provide effective support to clients whose cultural values differ from their own, and often…

This book discusses the particular social work needs of West African foreign students and their families in Britain. These needs are elucidated by reference to aspects of traditional West African society, with special attention given to the extended family, to its importance in the lives of individuals, and to the major part it plays in the…

The running of the Los Angeles Community College District incorporates two distinct kinds of functions: those of an educational nature and those that are corporate in scope. While the educational functions have been performed well, the future will demand even greater responsiveness to student needs. Issues to be faced in the future to insure that…

The recent influx of Indochinese refugees into the United States has added thousands of students needing special attention to American schools. High school subjects that involve technical terminology such as Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are especially difficult for these students. The same is true for subjects such as United States…

Joint action by academic staff, students, and business concerns in the Paris region is reported in which the attitudes and preferences toward prospective improvements in the University of Paris' Higher Economic Degree (DES) are determined. The report is in six chapters and shows the stage the investigation had reached by September 1971. Course…

Since 1968, the Central Staff Office of Institutional Research of the State University of New York has conducted an annual survey of the geographic origins or permanent residences of all credit course students attending institutions of the State University of New York. This report covers the fall 1974 term. Tables contain: (1) summary data for the…

A sample of 783 students responded to the Autumn Quarter 1975 survey on questions related to the allocation and use of mandatory student fees and opinion toward international students. The respondents recommended a broad base of support for most services from university resources and user fees as well as student fees. Selective pruning of…

This bulletin attempts to underscore the numerous school-related difficulties experienced by students whose dominant language is not English, and suggests steps that school administrators and teachers may take to alleviate the problems. Among the issues considered are: types of entering language behavior, possible problematic combinations of home…

This 1970 study of higher education in the Republic of Vietnam looks at an educational system based on the old French colonial system, superimposed on the Chinese Mandarin system, with some evidence of change to prepare students for lives in a modern technological age. Each university and college in Vietnam is reviewed and recommendations for…

The comparative analysis of students' attitudes included Mexican American, Anglo, and Asian students (from Thailand, Taiwan, and the Philippines). A Likert scale was used to measure all attitudes. All analysis performed utilized cross tabulation and chi square. The attitudes studied were reasons for going to college; concept of an educated person…

Scores of foreign graduate students on the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Tests and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) were combined through multiple and moderated regression to predict grade-point average (GPA). It was hypothesized that TOEFL would moderate the relationship between the GRE scores and GPA. According to…

The Academic Enrichment and Learning Skills Center at Indiana State University came into being primarily because of the reading problems among the student body. The center has two language laboratories, each having 30 positions. Emphasis in designing the physical plant was placed on attractiveness and quiet. Teaching machines such as the…