African Females and Adjustment to Studying Abroad.

Maundeni, Tapologo

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ERIC Number: EJ584982

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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African Females and Adjustment to Studying Abroad.

Maundeni, Tapologo

Gender and Education, v11 n1 p27-42 Mar 1999

Draws on existing literature and an earlier field study to explore the problems faced by African females when studying abroad. The general disadvantages faced by women are exacerbated for African women. The inequities they faced in their home cultures are compounded when they have to adjust to study abroad. (SLD)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Education, Females, Foreign Nationals, Foreign Students, Sex Discrimination

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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