scholarly journals International Students and Community Involvement in Tiffin, Ohio

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-103
Author(s):  
Julie Arnold ◽  
Rachel Crooks ◽  
Joe Moore
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
International Student ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Single Idea ◽  
The City

Situated in northwest Ohio, Tiffin is a small community of 18,000 residents and is the proud home of two institutions of higher learning: Heidelberg University and Tiffin University. Over the last several years a unique collaboration has developed among the two universities and the community’s International Cultural Center (ICC). As most things do, this partnership began with a single idea and has blossomed into an evergrowing number of events and activities. Working closely together, these three entities have made concerted efforts to integrate the international student body into the greater Tiffin community. In doing so, the city has become “internationalized” in ways that have provided mutual benefits to the community and the international student population.

scholarly journals Providing Meaningful Interactions at KOSEN between Japanese and International Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 01003
Author(s):  
Richard Grumbine ◽  
Natsuki Aka ◽  
Riho Hirano
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Japanese Student ◽  
Basic Ideas ◽  
The One ◽  
In The Beginning

Internationalizing the Japanese students at KOSEN has proven difficult. While KOSEN welcomes international students with the hope of internationalizing the almost entirely Japanese student body, the challenge has been to get the Japanese students to interact with the international students and take advantage of the opportunity. Far too often international students live in a bubble and have meaningful contact with only a few students. This leaves the international students feeling isolated and the Japanese students not benefiting from the opportunity that KOSEN is trying to provide. Ariake KOSEN attempted to address this problem in two ways. A discussion class which included international students was created where the students were expected to discuss pre-assigned topics in small groups over the course of a semester. These groups often contained an international student. This forced exposure created a chance for Japanese students to communicate with international students. This communication was then seen continuing well beyond the discussion exercises. A survey was given at the completion of the one semester class to evaluate effectiveness. The results show that students found the opportunity to be helpful and in line with their own learning goals. Another approach was to create a more casual place for students to gather and interact with international students. An English Lab was created to give the students a place to interact outside of the traditional classroom atmosphere. This second effort is just in the beginning stages but the basic ideas are laid out in this paper. Anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that the Lab is working, with usage on the part of Japanese students being high, but the international students seem less inclined to use the room.

Growing a University’s Technological Infrastructure

2011 ◽  
pp. 86-99
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Learning ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This chapter considers concepts, planning models, and related processes associated with infrastructure growth at institutions of higher learning. The author offers various definitions of infrastructure, describes an infrastructure maturity model, and discusses strategies and models for related strategic planning. In addition, the chapter provides portions of actual strategic plans related to infrastructure. The chapter closes with a description of how the author’s home institution has grown its technological infrastructure in order to provide required administrative services, communications, and instruction to a growing student body engaged in an expanding curriculum. The impact of infrastructure growth on the university community is also discussed.

International Undergraduate Student Choice of Alberta for Post-Secondary Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 292-307
Author(s):  
Darren Howes
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Undergraduate Student ◽  
International Student ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Student Choice ◽  
Secondary System ◽  
Post Secondary

In this chapter, the author provides an overview of the decision-making process that international students will go through when choosing a country, province, and ultimately, an institution for their international higher learning education. After conducting exploratory qualitative research from an Alberta perspective, it was determined that international students are influenced by (1) safety, (2) quality, (3) knowing someone locally, (4) jobs and strength of the economy, and (5) cost. Subsequently, the author will also consider the factors that would influence international students to enjoy or remain in a province after their studies. Having an understanding of the factors that influence international student choice can help the reader understand some of the marketing implications of recruiting international students to institutions and how international students end up studying in the Canadian post-secondary system.

Land of Hope and Enterprise

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Alex Brummer
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Financial Centre ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Eu Referendum ◽  
The Uk ◽  
City Of London ◽  
The City

This chapter examines the contribution of recognized activities that make the UK economy, such as the progress in research, pharmaceuticals, technology, software, and innovation that can be traced back to the intellectual powerhouses of UK's institutions of higher learning. It recounts the UK's love–hate relationship with the City of London, wherein the banks are still blamed for the financial crisis of 2007–2009 and the subsequent stagnation and fall in incomes. It also cites finance as the highest UK earner of overseas income and is a magnet for international institutions. The chapter describes London as the biggest financial centre outside New York and has attracted even greater numbers of skilled financial traders since the EU referendum result of 2016. It explains how the UK financial sector accommodated trading, provided credit, and raised new capital for troubled firms and those seeking post-Covid-19 opportunities.

Success in School: A Research Agenda on Student Attrition and Retention in the SEEK Program

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim C. Francis ◽  
Robert J. Kelly ◽  
Martha J. Bell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Student Attrition ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Institutional Interaction ◽  
Culture Of Learning ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Success In Higher Education ◽  
The City

Success in higher education for minorities and disadvantaged students may be more closely linked with their sociopsychological adjustments to an institution than was previously thought. At the same time, the culture of institutions of higher learning may facilitate the assimilation of minority students through an apparatus of services that assists them academically and socially. This article examines the institutional interaction processes in the Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge Program (SEEK) among students, staff, and faculty at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and explores how assimilation into the institutional subculture may be enhanced. The research paradigm raises questions about how the school setting affects success or failure and how institutions offer their students resources that enable them to overcome the legacies of poverty and attitudes inimical to the culture of learning.

scholarly journals Changes In Higher Education: How To Address The Learning Needs Of The Latino Population

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin Harbrecht ◽  
Presha E. Neidermeyer ◽  
Tracy L. Tuten
Keyword(s):  
Latino Students ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
American Business ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Changing Demographics

Institutions of higher learning in the United States are facing challenges associated with changing demographics. Latino students are making up an increasing portion of the incoming student body than previously.  The unique cultural characteristics of Latino students will require adaptations to the teaching techniques typically used in American business schools.  The unique environment in business schools provides opportunities and challenges for Latino students and their instructors.  We use Hofstede’s cultural classifications in order to map the characteristics of Latino students and suggest six business teaching suggestions designed to increase the learning outcomes for the Latino students.

scholarly journals More International Students Coming to Russia: Pros and Cons

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-256
Author(s):  
Olga V. Dekhnich ◽  
Olga V. Lyutova ◽  
Mikhail A. Trubitsyn ◽  
Elena S. Danilova
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
International Student ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Russian Universities ◽  
Small And Medium Business

Introduction. Despite numerous research works on international students’ training at Russian universities, no analysis of efforts to increase student body has been made so far. In this paper, the authors analyze various aspects of policies aimed at increasing international students’ body (economic advantages, sociocultural benefits, education system changes, international students’ adaptation management). The goal of the paper is to consider the advantages and disadvantages of the international students’ rise in the total population of Russian universities. Materials and Methods. The study comprised several stages, including statistical data screening, analysis of international students’ adaptation measures efficiency, the education process participants’ survey and observation of the activities of public agencies responsible for international students’ stay and study in Russia. The survey involved about 100 university employees, an equal amount of small and medium business representatives and 500 international students from Russian universities. 500 international students participated in a questionnaire survey, and digital content of Russian universities’ websites has been analyzed in order to obtain data necessary for the study. Results. The study revealed a trend toward a rise in international student body at Russian universities, with advantages including higher universities’ incomes, jobs preservation despite the demographic instability, and development of the region’s small and medium business owing to an increased demand for goods and services. The trend also provided socio-cultural and educational benefits and revealed the need to manage students’ adaptation, as well as to establish and develop interaction between universities and federal agencies. Discussion and Conclusion. The research results provide a contribution to education and student body management and regional business strategy planning. The findings may be of assistance to heads of recruitment agencies and bodies responsible for accompanying international students at the place of stay, as well as to service industry managers.

scholarly journals International students in Hungarian higher education

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 113-132
Author(s):  
Szilvia Vincze ◽  
Zoltán Bács
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
The Body ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Student Body ◽  
The Past ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
Detailed Assessment ◽  
Jel Code

Overall, higher education in Hungary is popular with students from abroad, even if there are significant differences in terms of its structure. The ever-faster increase in the annual headcount of the international student body serves as proof to this statement. The expansion of the size of the body of international students is of special importance in higher education since in 2016 the Hungarian government set the objective of having 40,000 international students by 2023 (EMMI, 2016). Numerous studies have been published on this topic, usually focusing on specific issues, including, for example, the countries from which we receive most of the students, the most popular majors, possible economic advantages due to the presence of a great number of international students, and how internationalization takes place in higher education in Hungary.   By means of processing data published by the Hungarian Educational Authority [Oktatási Hivatal], this paper aims to present the changes in the number of international students in Hungary over the past ten years. This also includes the discussion of the structure of these changes related to a variety of issues such as relations, types of institutions and their ownership, levels and types of programs, as well as gender proportions. However, even with this effort, the officially available statistics are suitable for presenting a properly detailed assessment of the situation only to a limited extent. JEL code: I23

scholarly journals International Students’ Unique Challenges – Why Understanding International Transitions to Higher Education Matters

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidonie Ecochard ◽  
Julia Fotheringham
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
International Student ◽  
Culture Shock ◽  
Cultural Adjustment ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Disciplinary Culture ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Number Of Publications

International students represent a large and increasing share of the diversity encountered on British campuses, with 19% of the student body coming from another country to study in the United Kingdom. While the concept of transition in the context of Higher Education (HE) is better understood as a process of change and adaptation to the HE culture, international transitions –undertaken by international students – present additional and specific challenges. These involve multiple additional cultural adjustments, to the host nation culture, the international student culture and the subject disciplinary culture. The scale and number of these challenges may lead to mental health issues and to students dropping out. The growing number of international students and their importance as a significant economic driver to the HE sector have been reflected in the literature, with an increasing number of publications on the topic. Various models have been elaborated to describe the process of academic and socio-cultural adjustment experienced by international students, along with concepts of acculturative stress and culture shock used to refer to the sometimes extreme emotional turmoil created by such cultural dissonances. University staff and students have different but key roles and responsibilities in supporting and facilitating international students’ adjustment, improving retention and enabling international students to reach their academic and personal goals in spite of the challenges that confront them. This literature review presents the different stage-models of international students’ acculturation and defines key concepts for international transitions such as acculturative stress and culture shock, thereby allowing for a better understanding of the international students’ academic and social journey. It describes the challenges international students meet in their transition to UK HE institutions and introduces literature identifying ways of better supporting the specific needs of those students. It concludes with a discussion on the limitations of the current international transitions discourse.

scholarly journals MASTERING THE MOTHER TONGUE AS A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION FOR STUDENTS IN MALAYSIAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING: A DETAILED STUDY ON THE CONCERN OF MULTIRACIAL LANGUAGE COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (41) ◽  
pp. 38-54
Author(s):  
Muhammad Safuan Yusoff ◽  
Irma Wani Othman ◽  
Herlina Jupiter ◽  
Saifulazry Mokhtar
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
National Language ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

Malaysia is a multi-racial country with a multi-racial composition, thus producing a variety of communication languages spoken as a result of ethnic assimilation from various races. Malay language is the mother tongue and is upheld as the national language, and thus becomes an element of the identity of Malaysians. It is also considered a point of unity of all the people that lead to national cohesion. The increase in the enrolment of international students every year proves the success of the Ministry of Education Malaysia in fulfilling the vision and mission of the Internationalisation Policy of Malaysian Institutions of Higher Learning. However, in the excitement of pursuing modernisation of education today, the university is bearing heavy responsibility in lifting the position of the Malay language as the official forum for learning and teaching as well as a selection of the main medium of communication among students, especially international students. Discussion of this paper focused on dismantling trade empowerment in the context of the Malay language proficiency in the language that seeks to help assimilation and accommodating international students. This research chooses a qualitative approach by utilising the semi-structured interview method to generate empirical data from a target group of 30 international students in selected Malaysian Public Universities. The findings show that international students utilise their mother tongue to recognise their abilities and agree that the importance of understanding and having the skills of the local language can contribute to the transformation of assimilation in the culture of Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society. Ultimately, mastering the mother tongue as a medium of communication for HLI students is a universal skill requirement of international students for the improvisation of self-confidence in facing the challenges of language learning in a multi-racial country.

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