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Peifer, Janelle S.; Chambers, Karen L.; Lee, Elaine Meyer – International Research and Review, 2017
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the United States have identified intercultural competence as a priority for students in the modern, globalized economy. Increasingly, institutions utilize an intersectional approach to understand how individuals from different backgrounds engage with global learning and international educational…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Diversity (Institutional), Ethnicity
Zhang, Yue; Jung, Eunjoo – International Research and Review, 2017
This study aimed to identify the underlying dimensions of acculturative stress that Chinese international students may encounter in the U.S. In addition, we re-examined students' background characteristics and perceived social support from family, friends, and their school as predictors of students' different dimensions of acculturative stress. In…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Stress Variables, Foreign Students, English (Second Language)
Mei, Jianyang – International Research and Review, 2016
This research project uses a large research university in the Midwest as a research site to explore the time management skills of international students and analyzes how using the Course Hack, an online Learning Management System (LMS) calendar tool, improves participants' time management skills and positively impacts their academic performance,…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Time Management, Academic Achievement, Research Universities
Khoshlessan, Rezvan; El-Houbi, Ashraf – International Research and Review, 2015
This study examines international students' study anxiety in a mid-sized university in Southeast Texas comparing their existing study anxiety along lines of nationality, gender, age, major, degree, and stage of education. It focuses on the students' perceptions and the dominant goal of this research was to investigate whether there is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Anxiety, Questionnaires, College Students
Rust, Kathleen G.; Forster, Brenda; Niziolek, Alice; Morris, Christine M. – International Research and Review, 2013
The purpose of this research is to present a model for evaluating whether a study abroad experience increases intercultural competence as well as to examine whether undergraduate students who participated in a study abroad experience and intercultural competence building coursework demonstrate a significant increase in intercultural competence…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Measures (Individuals), Scores
Kartoshkina, Yuliya – International Research and Review, 2013
An internally-developed tool was developed to assess the intercultural competence of students taking part in short-term study abroad programs. Four scales were built to assess possible change in students' host culture knowledge, cross-cultural awareness, cross-cultural adaptation, and self-assessed foreign language proficiency. Enrollment in a…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning, Language Enrollment
Patton, Carl V. – International Research and Review, 2012
Many universities report "study abroad" numbers in the 25 to 30 percent range and even as high as 70 and 80 percent. When the number of students studying abroad for credit, 270,604 as reported by the IIE 2009-2010 "Open Doors" report, was divided by the approximately 20 million students in U.S. universities, the result was…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, College Credits, College Students, Educational Trends