How do Saudi female international students navigate their transitional experiences to study and live during their first two academic years in an urban Midwest university?
How to Support Chinese Undergraduate Students in their Transitions to U.S. Colleges and Universities
A phenomenological study revealed three distinct but interrelated transition types experienced by Chinese Undergraduate students at American colleges.
Diploma And Diplomacy: The Cross-Cultural Friendship Opportunities with Chinese International Students
The research, conducted by Celia Liu, performed an investigation on the cross-cultural social interactions among two groups of students: the Chinese international students and the U.S. domestic students.
Turning Good Intentions into Good Teaching: Five Common Principles for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Higher education classrooms are increasingly diverse. Yet, faculty oftentimes do not have adequate training in teaching, cultural competence, or intercultural communication. Co-authors offer five common principles for culturally responsive pedagogy.
How Studying in the US affects Chinese Students’ Leadership Style?
A qualitative research completed by M. Martinez provides a rare view of the post-graduation life of former international students from mainland China. The study describes how Chinese students who completed a graduate degree in the United States utilize the leadership skills they developed while in the United States.
Six Steps to Success for International Students: Starting with Strengths and Opportunities
Here is the summary of the recent book “From Departing to Achieving: Keys to Success for International Students in U.S. Colleges and Universities” by Ye He, Bryant L. Hutson, Michael J. Elliott and Jennifer L. Bloom. The book provides a strengths-based approach for international students to achieve their goals.
International Students: Three Social Adaptability Types
A research titled “Understanding International Graduate Students’ Acculturation Using Q Methodology”, published by Professors Bang and Montgomery in the Johns Hopkins University Press examines the subjective perspectives of acculturation of international graduate students. The study identifies three categories of social adaptability styles of students: confident optimists, appreciative optimists, and apprehensive optimists.
