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Young, Barbara; Clark, Laura – Online Submission, 2017
The qualitative study investigated the cultural adjustment experiences of Saudi Women International Graduate Students studying for the first time in a mixed-gender environment in the United States. Questions for the study invited the Saudi women to share prior expectations about coming to study in the United States compared to the reality of their…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Arabs, Females, Graduate Students
Alanazy, Manal M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 2005, the Saudi government started a new scholarship program that sent many female and male students to some Western countries including the United States of America. When Saudi female students enroll in universities in the United States and register for mixed-gender (face-to-face and online) classes, they have to participate in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Females, Arabs, Online Surveys
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Sandekian, Robyn E.; Weddington, Michael; Birnbaum, Matthew; Keen, J. Katée – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2015
Saudi student enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities has nearly tripled since 2009-2010, in large part due to the King Abdullah Scholarship Program. The representation of Saudi females is also increasing due to the loosening of Saudi Arabia's long-standing restrictions on women's travel and acceptable fields of study and careers. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Females