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Popadiuk, Natalee E. – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2009
This research examined the facilitating and hindering events associated with the transition and adjustment of Asian adolescent international students--that is, unaccompanied secondary school students studying abroad. Twenty-one male and female participants attending three urban secondary schools in Western Canada were interviewed using the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Asians
Leong, Fredrick T. L. – 1984
This information analysis paper is based on a computer search of the ERIC database from November 1966 through December 1983, and on pertinent outside resources. The paper focuses on the specific problem areas encountered by international students including health problems; educational and vocational problems (e.g., language difficulties, lack of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Foreign Students
Pusch, Margaret D.; Loewenthal, Nessa – 1988
The guide offers 13 modules on integration and reentry of foreign students returning to their home countries, designed to span the period from first arrival at the U.S. university to the final return. Stressed is the need for students to adapt to unexpected problems on their return due to both changes in their home situation and changes in…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Cultural Differences, Foreign Student Advisers, Foreign Students
National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Washington, DC. – 1986
Intended to aid administrators and advisors of foreign students from developing nations enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, the guide offers suggestions for all stages of the advising process. A chapter on planning and selection considers factors concerning pre-admission, admission, determining English language proficiency, and finances.…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Admission (School), Cultural Differences, Developing Nations
Hackbarth, Steven L.; Gastaldi, Mahroo N. – 1983
Graduate programs were developed cooperatively by several U.S. universities and the Iranian Ministry of Education in response to the critical shortage of Iranian teachers and educational administrators. A variety of administrative, logistical, academic, and cultural problems were encountered in bringing mid-career educators to the United States to…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Admission Criteria, Ancillary School Services, Culture Conflict
Jenkins, Hugh M.; And Others – 1983
The range of problems, issues, and practices pertaining to international educational interchange in higher education are reviewed in this handbook for campus-based personnel and the community at large dealing with the 300,000 foreign students in America. Needs and obligations of both students and institutions are spelled out, and guidelines are…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, College Administration, College Admission, College Students