scholarly journals Providing Culturally Relevant Services for International Black African Collegians in the United States: A Guide for Student Affairs Professionals

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1113-1125
Author(s):  
Ifeyinwa Uchechi Onyenekwu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
International Student ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black African ◽  
Professional Experiences

The experience of international Black African collegians (IBAC) in U.S. higher education has not been adequately investigated, particularly as it relates to understanding the diversity within Black and international student populations. In this manuscript, I offer seven culturally relevant suggestions for student affairs professionals, all of which build on my professional experiences working with IBAC in student affairs as well as my research with Nigerian collegians in U.S. higher education.

Foreign-Born Student Affairs Professionals’ Impacts and Experiences: The Missing Piece of Internationalization

2021 ◽  
pp. 102831532110527
Author(s):  
Sanfeng Miao ◽  
Haishan (Sam) Yang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
International Student ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Domestic Students ◽  
Canadian Higher Education ◽  
International Engagement

This study examined lived experiences of foreign-born student affairs professionals (SAPs) in the United States and Canadian higher education. We sought to understand foreign-born SAPs’ impacts on higher education internationalization and what their professional experiences inferred about the level of international engagement in the field of student affairs. The findings from 35 completed interviews unveiled foreign-born SAPs’ enthusiasm and capacities in contributing to internationalization work, particularly in international student services and international and intercultural education for domestic students and peers. However, their rocky journeys to attain visas to enter and stay in the field of student affairs indicated their misplaced functionalities and signaled a missed opportunity for higher education institutions. It is recommended that higher education institutions recognize the importance of internationalizing the SAP and creating a welcoming and supportive environment to further their internationalization efforts.

scholarly journals International Student Transitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sharif Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The U.S

Andrade and James Hartshorn (2019) surrounds the transition that international students encounter when they attend universities in developed countries in pursuit of higher education. Andrade and James Hartshorn (2019) describe how some countries like Australia and the United Kingdom host more international students than the United States (U.S.) and provides some guidelines for the U.S. higher education institutions to follow to host more international students. This book contains seven chapters.

Catholic Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Galligan–Stierle ◽  
Paula Moore
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Faith Formation ◽  
Campus Ministry ◽  
Catholic Higher Education

This chapter provides an overview of Catholic higher education in the United States, primarily the major themes that have developed in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It covers the history and development of these institutions, including general characteristics and trends related to students, faculty, and leadership. The authors describe the distinctive mission of Catholic higher education to support both intellectual development and faith formation among students. Special attention is given to those staff responsible for implementing this reality: Student Affairs staff, mission officers, and campus ministry staff. The authors analyze some of the major challenges confronting contemporary Catholic higher education.

scholarly journals Interest Convergence and the Commodification of International Students and Scholars in the United States

JCSCORE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-109
Author(s):  
Christina W. Yao ◽  
Tiffany Viggiano
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
International Students ◽  
International Education ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
International Student ◽  
The United States ◽  
Interest Convergence ◽  
Official Statement ◽  
And Migration

International students and scholars in the United States (U.S.) have often been excluded from conversations about race, ethnicity, and migration within U.S. contexts. However, with the issuance of what is commonly known as the Travel Bans, fears emerged from the international education community of the Travel Bans affecting international student recruitment and enrollment. In this study, we highlight the ways in which an official statement from leaders of international higher education organizations employ interest convergence arguments, followed by a discussion of the ways in which convergence in this case is employed as a tool to garner U.S. soft power. The examination of a brief of amicus curiae submitted by the American Council on Education and 32 additional higher education associations revealed the commodification of international students and scholars when using interest convergence as an analytical frame for examining the soft power (Nye, 2008). International students and scholars contribute to U.S. soft power as a means of garnering diversity, contributing to foreign policy, producing knowledge, and generating economic gains.

scholarly journals Succeeding as an international student in the United States and Canada

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Amrita Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
The United States ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Campus Life ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
First Time

In Succeeding as an International Student in the United States and Canada, the author, Charles Lipson, provides an informative guide to campus life for both undergraduate and graduate foreign students who are interested in pursuing their studies for the first time in the institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada. His intention is that this book can serve as “a friendly, informative guide, one that helps you succeed in your classes, labs, and everyday activities” (p. xvi).

scholarly journals Integrating International Graduate Students on Campus: The Perspectives of Student Affairs Professionals

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (Winter) ◽  
pp. 107-109
Author(s):  
RACHAL ETSHIM
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
International Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Graduate Students ◽  
International Graduate

Higher education institutions in the United States (U.S.) recruit international students as part of their internationalization strategies. The overall number of international students enrolled in American universities and colleges between 2017 and 2018 increased by 1.5% compared to the previous year, totaling over 1 million international students (Institute of International Education 2018). Of this total, 382,983 are international graduate students. International graduate students are good resources for the internationalization and economy of higher education institutions in the U.S. (Urban and Palmer, 2014) and, despite the reduction in the number of visas approved and job prospects, their numbers continue to grow (Almurideef 2016; Killick 2015). These students come from different countries, have different cultural backgrounds and needs, and face different challenges that student affairs professionals at host institutions must address to integrate them into campus (Harper and Hurtado, 2007; Lee and Rice 2007). Moreover, the needs and challenges of international students differ depending on their level of studies, undergraduate vs. graduate (Rai 2002). While student affairs professionals are often the first contacts for all international students, and they play a key role in the integration and development of international graduate students on campus (Brandenburg 2016), most higher education institutions and their student affairs units today are not yet prepared to serve international graduate students (Arokiasamy 2011; Burdzinski 2014; Castellanos et al., 2007; Di Maria 2012; Moswela and Mukhopadhyay 2011; Yakaboski and Perozzi 2018). The purpose of this study is to understand the perspectives of student affairs professional about their role in integrating international graduate students into campus and the policies, services, programs, and other elements they consider most helpful in integrating these students.

scholarly journals The “Redirecting” of International Students: American Higher Education Policy Hindrances and Implications

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo A. García ◽  
María de Lourdes Villarreal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
The United States ◽  
Postsecondary Institutions ◽  
Current Status

International student mobility in higher education has gained currency as an important topic in today’s global, political, and economic environment. United States postsecondary institutions are working to expand their international student population to increase revenue and diversity. The current higher education and economic context has produced a “global war” to identify, recruit, and matriculate talented students who have become more mobile when selecting postsecondary education destinations. Thus, in order to provide a clear picture of the current status of international student migration to the United States, we sought to understand the following: 1)prestige as a determining factor in the selection of studying abroad for non-Americans living outside the United States; 2) federal and state financial influences that directly affect institutions’ abilities to enroll foreign students; 3) implications for postsecondary institutions in the United States; and 4) implications for scientific, cultural, and economic advancement for the United States.

scholarly journals Packaged Deal: Effective Support Systems for International Student Spouses

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (Fall) ◽  
pp. 152-168
Author(s):  
Kirsten A. Bilas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Support Services ◽  
International Student ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The United States ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Perception Of Support

Global student mobility is growing in importance as students increasingly turn their interest worldwide. International student spouses and their personal experiences is an emerging problem of practice in higher education due to their connection to international student retention rates. In particular, what support systems are provided to this demographic is especially important. Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to examine international student spouses’ perception of support services at an urban private institution of higher education in the United States. A qualitative approach addressed the following research question: What role do international student spouses perceive institutions of higher education have in terms of offering support services? This study focused on five international student spouses who came to the United States on F2 dependent visa status.

scholarly journals Redesigning U.S. Intercollegiate Athletics to Better Conform with UNESCO’s Best Practices in Student Affairs

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-196
Author(s):  
Marc Edelman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Intercollegiate Athletics ◽  
Business Model ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Bona Fide

This paper calls for the massive redesign of intercollegiate athletics departments in the United States (U.S.) in light of their widespread and fundamental failure to serve a bona fide student affairs mission, and their prevalent practice of placing the college’s commercial motives above the financial and educational needs of studentathletes. The first section of this paper discusses the general purpose and functions of student affairs departments within the broader context of higher education. The next two sections of this paper then explore the shortcomings of U.S. intercollegiate athletics departments to conform to these general purposes and functions. Finally, this paper proposes a bifurcated solution to reform U.S. intercollegiate athletics, which enables a small number of U.S. colleges to shift toward a true commercial sports business model, with the overwhelming majority of U.S. colleges, by contrast, adopting a true, non-commercial sports model.

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