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Download full textNilsson, Per A. – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2019
Students studying abroad must adjust to a new culture and adapt to new surroundings different from home, and to other challenging life events during their sojourn in a foreign country. Previous research has shown that social life outside academic studies has a strong influence on one's academic integration. This paper describes a buddy programme,…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Social Support Groups, Peer Influence, Mentors
Peer reviewedChinapah, Vinayagum – Higher Education in Europe, 1986
Aspects of the integration and social life of African undergraduate students in Sweden are examined, including the source and nature of adjustment problems, and existing or suggested policies and programs for that group. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
Yebio, B. – 1967
This study investigates foreign students' attitudes towards and adjustment to the Swedish system of university education. The report is exclusively concerned with the academic adjustment of a group of 120 students from the so-called "developing countries." A questionnaire on different aspects of Swedish university education which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Cultural Differences
