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Heng, Tang T. – Journal of International Students, 2020
Given how China has been the top source of international students worldwide, there has been growing media and research interest in Chinese international students. However, much of the narratives tend to focus on their struggles. In this commentary, I draw upon insights from my personal experience as an international student and, consequently,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Asians, Asian Culture
DuBose, Cheryl O. – Journal of International Students, 2017
International students face many challenges when pursuing a degree in higher education. Communication and cultural differences are typically cited as the most challenging aspects of any study abroad program. Students attempting to complete a healthcare program face sometimes insurmountable issues, as communication, cultural differences, and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Barriers, College Students, Study Abroad
Oshita, Linda – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2022
This reflective essay is written based on the author's experience as a study abroad program visiting resident director in Japan during the 2019-2020 academic year. As the resident director, the author served as the front line of communication and support for the international students on this program during an unprecedented crisis that impacted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, COVID-19, Pandemics
Soiferman, L. Karen – Online Submission, 2016
This paper is a commentary on how the student population of Canadian universities has changed with the arrival of international students. It discusses some of the issues that instructors have when teaching and interacting with their international students such as overcoming the language barrier, and being aware and respectful of cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Student Diversity, Student Characteristics
Paus, Eva – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2018
In 2018, like in the past 17 years, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education have designated one week in the fall "to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchanges worldwide." The author says we must ask which international education benefits we are celebrating. She states that the policies of…
Descriptors: International Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
Aw, Fanta – Journal of College Admission, 2012
Since the publication of Dremuk's article 45 years ago, the landscape of international educational exchange has changed significantly. Some of the most notable trends distinguishing the past from the present are highlighted. Forty-five years ago, Dremuk's article emphasized the importance of institutional commitment to international educational…
Descriptors: Enrollment Management, International Educational Exchange, Exchange Programs, Foreign Students
Paldy, Lester G. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
This article discusses the challenges of keeping international students involved in class activities.
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods
Alonso, Roxana Aguilar – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Using auto-ethnography, I write my story as Mexican international student in the role of pre-service teacher in Australia. I focus on exploring my socio-political status and its relationship to assuming a position to respond to education policies about working with students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, and teaching…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Preservice Teachers, Pacific Islanders, Ethnic Groups
Colombo, Laura – Journal of International Students, 2014
It is late at night, after working all day on her postdoctoral research Laura Colombo is trying to wind down while drawing and jotting down thoughts in her notebook. She is in the living room/office of her apartment in Buenos Aires, the city where she was born and left when she was 26 years old to pursue her graduate studies in the United States…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Researchers, Study Abroad, Graduate Study
Sun, Qi – Adult Learning, 2013
This article argues that transformative learning becomes increasingly essential for educators in the changing landscape of the adult and higher education institutions of the United States that has continuously hosted highest numbers of international students among other countries. First, it presents a context discussing learning for…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Adult Educators, Higher Education, Foreign Students
Roemer, Ann E. – College and University, 2020
College and university admissions officers are the gatekeepers who decide which individuals may join the "country club" of higher education. As such, the decisions they make have a significant impact on the lives of individuals, especially those who are willing to travel across the globe and risk living in an unfamiliar country in order…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Cutting Scores
Simpson, Ashley; Dervin, Fred – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2019
In 2018 the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) stressed that 'citizens need not only the skills to be competitive and ready for a new world of work, but more importantly they also need to develop the capacity to analyse and understand global and intercultural issues' (OECD 2018, 2). The OECD global competence framework…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Cultural Awareness, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
Paltridge, Toby; Mayson, Susan; Schapper, Jan – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
In this paper we argue that living in university accommodation is a possible means of improving the security of international students. Our argument is supported by a qualitative case study of a single Hall of Residence on Monash University's Clayton campus. Data were collected primarily from interviews with three groups of participants--six…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Hil, Richard – Australian Universities' Review, 2020
In this article, Richard Hill addresses the topic of China supposedly undermining Australia's national security and way of life, and causing ructions on university campuses. He writes that Chinese infiltration, or so it seems, is everywhere, from excessive housing investments and land buy-ups to dodgy dinner dates with ALP officials; and from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Security, Higher Education, Foreign Students
Ha, Phan Le – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2009
Drawing on the literature on Asian international students, current debates surrounding English as an international language (EIL), and the conceptual tools of appropriation, this article reports the findings of a qualitative research study with eight Asian international students studying at a university in Thailand to explore their taking…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Qualitative Research, Ownership, Foreign Countries