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Navigating a Triple Challenge: Linguistic, Academic, and Sociocultural Integration of Students in Refugee-Like Situations
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Morel-Lab, Anne – Research-publishing.net, 2022
According to the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), since 2016 many French universities have set up French language teaching programmes for refugees and people with subsidiary protection to respond to their need of linguistic support in French before starting or resuming their higher education studies. Welcoming such students however…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
International Students and Academic Misconduct: Considering Culture, Community, and Context
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Parnther, Ceceilia – Journal of College and Character, 2022
International students experience unique challenges that place them at risk for academic misconduct violations, including language, academic expectations, cultural differences, academic preparedness, and policy understanding. Academic misconduct issues can significantly risk student success, leaving international students especially susceptible to…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Cheating, Ethics, Barriers
Do Professors Really Perpetuate the Gender Gap in Science? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a French Higher Education Institution. CEE DP 138
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Breda, Thomas; Ly, Son Thierry – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2012
Stereotypes, role models played by teachers and social norms influence girls' academic self-concept and push girls to choose humanities rather than science. Do recruiters reinforce this strong selection by discriminating more against girls in more scientific subjects? Using the entrance exam of a French higher education institution (the Ecole…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Higher Education, Females, Gender Discrimination
The Vocational Baccalaureate: A Gateway to Higher Education?
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Gendron, Benedicte – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2009
Access to the baccalaureate and higher education in France has become more democratic. The introduction of the vocational baccalaureate has been part of this process, but remains a modest step forward given the very low take-up of vocational baccalaureate courses. If vocational education pathways in France are to become true gateways to higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Access to Education
The Idea of the Secondary School in Nineteenth-Century Europe
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Anderson, Robert – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2004
The title echoes the well-known phrase "the idea of the university", and European universities have always been seen as institutions with a strong international dimension, developing according to common patterns. In their case, it was the "Humboldtian" model embodied in the University of Berlin founded in 1810 which prevailed.…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Foreign Countries, Models, Historians
The School and the University: An International Perspective.
Clark, Burton R., Ed. – 1985
The relation between secondary and higher education is considered by 10 different authors in 10 country/area profiles: United States, England and Wales, France, West Germany, Sweden, Japan, the People's Republic of China, Latin America, and Africa. The systems of secondary and higher education are detailed for each country. The question of how the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Attendance