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Burgess, Chris; Gibson, Ian; Klaphake, Jay; Selzer, Mark – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2010
The Global 30 Project, a new Japanese Government initiative that aims to upgrade a number of existing universities to form a select hub of elite universities for receiving and educating international students, has come in for considerable criticism. Using the dual concepts of "kokusaika" (internationalisation) and "gurobaruka"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Students
Merry, Michael S.; Driessen, Geert – Education and Urban Society, 2012
In this article the authors examine the reasons for the establishment of Hindu schools in the Netherlands and how the Dutch system of education facilitates these and other voluntarily separate schools. In particular, the authors explore the manner in which Hindu schools aim to cultivate and sustain attachments to their own group through a…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Religious Cultural Groups
Kashyap, Nishmin Balsara – College and University, 2011
This is a phenomenological study of ten graduate international students at Chardin University (pseudonym). Through 30 in-depth interviews, multiple social contacts, and group and member checking sessions, stories emerged that highlight the social experiences of these graduate international students through their transient lives. For the purposes…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Socialization, Research Universities, Social Experience
Mendez, Julian J.; Bauman, Sheri; Guillory, Raphael M. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2012
This article reports on a study using qualitative methods to investigate intracultural bullying, specifically, bullying between Mexican American (MA) and Mexican immigrant (MI) high school students. Previous research has reported specific cultural conflicts and discrimination within ethnic groups due to differences in acculturation. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Bullying, Mexican Americans, Grade 9, Methods
Jackson, Liz – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2010
Since September 11, 2001, arguments have been put forward for a sort of specifically non-pluralistic, conservative, patriotic educational policy in the United States, by educators historically sympathetic toward assimilationist policies and curriculum in U.S. schools. In response to pluralist calls for tolerance if not positive recognition of…
Descriptors: Muslims, Multicultural Education, Citizenship Education, Islam
Sherry, Mark; Thomas, Peter; Chui, Wing Hong – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
This study examines the experiences of international students at The University of Toledo, where international students comprise approximately 10% of the student population. It highlights problems international students experience such as adapting to a new culture, English language problems, financial problems and lack of understanding from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, At Risk Students, Student Adjustment, Foreign Culture
Yoon, Eunju; Lee, Dal Yob; Koo, Young Ran; Yoo, Sung-Kyung – Counseling Psychologist, 2010
Postimmigration adjustment experiences of 10 Korean immigrant women were examined using the consensual qualitative research method. Seven domains emerged: general life conditions; gender role; changes in family dynamics; ethnic/national identity, cultural competency, and belongingness; value changes; racial relationships; and support systems and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Females, Adults
Jennison Smith, Virginia M – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Scope and Method of Study. This qualitative study used heuristic phenomenology and involved 20 interviews at 3 different sites, 2 focus groups, formal and informal observations, and the analysis of various artifacts including photos, drawings, and documents. Findings and Conclusions. Third culture kids are a diverse group of individuals who spent…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Child Development, Foreign Countries, Self Concept
Alleman, Nathan F. – Christian Higher Education, 2012
Over the past several decades, research on faculty work life has shed new light on inclusion and exclusion experiences of traditionally underrepresented groups, including racial and ethnic minorities, and contingent employment faculty. This study expands on this prior research by investigating a unique segment of faculty members: those whose…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Faculty Workload, Minority Group Teachers
Basford, Letitia – Journal of School Choice, 2010
Using data from a 2-year qualitative study, the author examines how East African Muslim immigrant youth experience and become shaped by the environments of U.S. mainstream schools compared with a culturally specific charter high school. Results from this study reveal that East African Muslim immigrant youth are affected by religious and cultural…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Muslims, Youth, Educational Environment
Kartomi, Margaret – Music Education Research, 2008
Two practical problems faced by national youth organisations devoted to the transmission of European classical music-making across the generations are: (1) how to assist individual pre-professional young musicians to enter their desired career path; and (2) how, in the interests of social justice, to provide access to music-educational…
Descriptors: Music Education, Private Sector, Classical Music, Music Activities
Sawir, Erlenawati; Marginson, Simon; Deumert, Ana; Nyland, Chris; Ramia, Gaby – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2008
In a study of international student security, consisting of 200 intensive interviews with students, resident onshore in Australia, it was found that two thirds of the group had experienced problems of loneliness and/or isolation, especially in the early months. According to Weiss, students experience both "personal loneliness" because of…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Coping, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns
Townsend, Rob – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2008
This article presents the outcomes of recent research into adult education programs and experiences in the Shire of Campaspe, a region in northern Victoria. Research data of people from diverse cultural backgrounds reveal how individuals can utilize adult education as a space to explore their own social and cultural isolation in a regional…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Cultural Isolation, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Maramba, Dina C. – College Student Journal, 2008
The purpose of this article is to discuss findings that investigate the experiences of Filipina/o American college students at a large, research I institution in southern California. Qualitative data were collected through one-on-one interviews to elicit responses related to the campus environment, sense of campus community/sense of belonging, and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Filipino Americans
Rietveld-van Wingerden, Marjoke – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2008
The subject of this article is Dutch Jewish education since 1945, attended by some 20% of the Jewish children in the region of Amsterdam. I consider the motives of the advocates of Jewish day schools, for whom the Holocaust was an important argument from a psychological, educational, social and cultural perspective in rejecting multi-religious…
Descriptors: Jews, Day Schools, Foreign Countries, Religious Education