Explores the ways in which foreign students differ from their American counterparts, and how these differences may affect the foreign students in a tutorial or one-to-one conference. (AEA)

Reviews contributions that psychologists have made in the areas of race relations and improved international understanding. Also discusses the issue of program evaluation as an area in which psychologists have played and should continue to play an active role, thus improving projects designed to contribute to the public interest. (Author/GC)

Moderate correlations were observed between the grade point average and nonverbal battery IQ scores of the Lorge Thorndike Intelligence Test administered to 27 elementary school students representing 12 countries during their first semester at a private American school overseas. Reasons are cited for additional research needs in the United States…

Twenty-two suggestions are made for establishing and maintaining consistency and fairness in policy for transferring foreign institution credits to American institutions. Emphasis is on careful examination of foreign school systems and methods for granting appropriate credit when course equivalencies are not available. (MSE)

Reports on an experiment involving university level foreign students and using construction kits to test their ability to write technical instructions. Students worked in small groups at different kits, with the objective of producing verbalizations of assembly diagrams accurately enough to enable others to repeat the construction process without…

How best to organize the university in the interest of global awareness and ways in which existing and potential capabilities for international studies can be translated into reality are discussed. The world view, global awareness, and the international dimension, it is suggested, must grow out of a perceived need. (MLW)

Illegal aliens are guaranteed an education at public expense by the Constitution. (JD)

Discusses changes in the pronunciation of colloquial Brltish English, reflecting changing social attitudes toward traditional Received Pronunciation. Finds that a study is needed to determine a new standard for the use of future foreign students of English. A pilot study is described. (IFS/WGA) i

A scenario is presented that forecasts higher education as the United States' most important export in the future. Past changes in the American economy, the expansion of higher education since World War II, foreign student demand for American education, and American disadvantages in other production areas set the stage for this transformation.…

Recruitment of foreign students would be economically advantageous to New England. Currently, the typical foreign student in Boston makes international 15 trips to the area in a lifetime. Alumni connections are especially important, both for institutions and for the region's economy. Increasingly, other states and regions are discovering the…

International students in American legal education may need explicit information about our legal culture and its logic. A contrastive approach to studying law can serve all students by putting cultural and disciplinary differences in relief, revealing roots of our own logic and biases. Such an approach requires law faculty to explore other legal…

Addresses ways in which developing countries can participate in international educational activities and proposes the development of a research and advisory center for those countries that are sending students abroad to improve their technological capability, as many Mediterranean countries are doing. (SLD)

Many Middle Eastern students in Western graduate programs in higher education wish to undertake evaluations of home country institutions, but their approaches reflect significant cultural differences. Issues confronting students and supervisors in this context are discussed, and a relatively recent "fourth generation" approach to…

A survey of 111 Asian students attending three South Australian universities found varied reasons for studying in Australia, four distinct student segments, but no dominant selection criteria. About one-quarter experienced communication problems, homesickness, or loneliness. Study-related difficulties varied, related to segment. A large minority…

Provides an annotated bibliography of seven documents related to English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction in community colleges. Presents articles related to minority students, problems that they encounter, and strategies to improve the instruction of ESL students. (AJL)