ERIC Number: EJ1415510
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1949-6591
EISSN: EISSN-1949-6605
Neo-Racism, Academic Advisor Intercultural (In)competence, and the Hindering of International Student Success
Dian Squire; Christina W. Yao; Keni Zenner
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, v61 n2 p139-153 2024
Despite persistent calls to support international students on campuses, there is little research about the attitudes that higher education professionals, in particular academic advisors, hold about international students. Through a neo-racism framework, we found multiple neo-racist attitudes that have the potential to negatively impact academic advisor-international student relations including (a) homogenization of identity, (b) forced assimilation, and (c) racialized fetishization. We explore academic advisors' attitudes and socialization processes and provide implications for praxis.
Descriptors: Racism, Academic Advising, Faculty Advisers, Cultural Awareness, Barriers, Foreign Students, College Students, Academic Achievement, Racial Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Acculturation, Socialization, Praxis, Land Grant Universities, Student Experience, Ethnocentrism
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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