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Owusu-Kwarteng, Louise – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
'Studying in this England is Wahala' critically analyses social/academic experiences of 12 West African overseas undergraduate/postgraduate students in a London University. It discusses structural and individual factors impacting on decisions to study here, including perceptions of differences between quality of university education in the UK and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Griffith, Aisha N.; Hurd, Noelle M.; Hussain, Saida B. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2019
Exposure to race-related stressors such as discrimination may take a toll on Black undergraduates attending predominantly White institutions (PWIs) who must contend with these stressors in addition to stressors common to the developmental space of emerging adulthood and the transition to college. The aim of this study was to explore Black…
Descriptors: Race, Racial Discrimination, Student Attitudes, Stress Variables
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Goings, Ramon B.; Bristol, Travis J.; Walker, Larry J. – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2018
Purpose: There is limited discussion in the teacher education literature about the experiences of pre-service black male teachers generally and the ethnic diversity among black male pre-service teachers specifically. Thus, this paper aims to explore the experiences of Frank, a black male refugee health education major attending an historically…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Refugees, Health Education, Blacks
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Boafo-Arthur, Susan – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2014
There has been a significant increase in the number of international students pursuing higher education in the U.S. since 2001. Upon arrival, students are often beset with feelings of isolation and alienation, which are characteristic of adjusting to a new culture. African International students, specifically Black-African international students,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Blacks, College Students
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Roxas, Kevin; Roy, Laura – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2012
This critical case study of one, Somali Bantu male high school student illuminates the struggle for recently arrived refugees at the high school level. Few educational research studies describe how recently arrived refugee students and their families make their transition to US schools (Ngo et al. in "Hmong Stud J" 8:1-35, 2007; Hones and Cha in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Refugees, High School Students, Males
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Fries-Britt, Sharon; George Mwangi, Chrystal A.; Peralta, Alicia M. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2014
This study focuses on 15 foreign-born students majoring in physics who are also racial/ethnic minorities. We address the research question: What are the acculturation experiences of foreign-born Students of Color majoring in physics? Berry's (2003) theory of acculturation and Bandura's (1994) theory of self-efficacy were substantive…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Physics, Minority Group Students, Acculturation