Examines the purpose, structure, and challenges of international schools around the world, describing the typical experiences of children who attend the International School of Brussels in Belgium. Highlights the cultural diversity of the pupils and teachers in the English-language school and their learning, educational, and socioemotional needs.…

Analyzes the past decade's internationalization of Australian universities against a backdrop of increasing globalization, particularly the expansion of global capitalism. Examines international student flows, faculty, and programs, assessing the relative presence of internationalization (mutuality and reciprocal cultural relations) versus…

An updated model of the effect of birth rate on demand for higher education predicts that if current patterns hold, the total demand for higher education by U.S. residents ages 18-24 will increase by 30% over the next decade. The projection assumes a continuation of past funding availability and continued influence of cohort size and international…

Many colleges and universities that guarantee financial aid to all Americans, regardless of need, admit they do not do so for applicants from abroad. Policy variations confuse many foreign applicants and frustrate some educators. Some institutions try to direct available aid to foreign students from less-developed countries. Harvard University…

Examines the relationship between language competence and academic competence of students from non-English speaking countries and whether language training is actually the form of training they need. (Author/VWL)

Looks at the similarities and differences among children learning to write poetry in United States, Haiti, France, Italy, and China through the author's experiences teaching in these countries. Notes that the differences in how these different children wrote were less obvious than the similarities. (MG)

The oral reading behavior of 15 English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) proficient Iranian readers was psycholinguistically analyzed. Results show that cultural schemata affected the reading comprehension and strategies of EFL-proficient readers reading expository texts. (SLD)

Reports on the creation and trial of three new exit tests for (mostly Asian) students attending pre-course English language training. Test creation and trial involved analysis and selection of appropriate content, design of formats and test booklets, pre-testing, administration, and statistical analysis of the results. (Author/CB)

Discusses an engineering faculty pipeline. Provided are the statistical figures showing: (1) gender differences; (2) engineering doctorates by race and institutions; (3) foreign faculty; (4) citizenship of engineering doctorates; (5) doctorates who attended a two-year college by race; and (6) plans of foreign citizens receiving doctorates. (YP)

According to a report from the National Research Council, 53 percent of those who received doctorates in 1987-88 did not owe any money for their education. Graduates in engineering and the physical sciences were less likely to be in debt than those in the humanities, life sciences, and social sciences. (MLW)

The German Club at Mayfield High School (New Mexico) plays an integral role in the school's German program. The "co-curricular" club motivates students with such activities as yearbook preparation; dance, choral, and dramatic recitals; video and Christmas parties; and picnics. Exchange students from German-speaking countries play active…

Enrollments of American Indians, Asians, blacks, Hispanics, whites, and foreign college students in 1992 are presented for each state and the District of Columbia.A map also indicates the percentage of each state's enrollment that is minority. (MSE)

Describes how one teacher of business communication teaches a unit on international communication with the aid of international students. Outlines the steps for carrying out a five-session unit employing foreign students. (HB)

Examined the attitudes of 14 Saudi Arabian college students at Michigan State University toward Standard American English (SAE), Black English (BE), and Indian English (IE). Results found that the students favored SAE over BE and IE, and considered IE to be both a poor variety of English and inappropriate as a medium of instruction. (24…

Sociolinguistic patterns, including internal structuring and clinical norms and values, of Chinese communities in Britain are examined. The complexity of the composition of the Chinese population there are reported, and findings from a pilot study of language choice are discussed in the context of wide sociolinguistic issues Chinese people in…