FOREIGN STUDENTS’ PRE-UNIVERSITY TRAINING AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINIAN SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (LATE XX – EARLY XXI CENT.)

Higher education is engulfed in change. At the same time that institutions of higher education are endeavoring to transform themselves by integrating information and communication technologies into curriculum delivery, student profiles are changing. Low income-ethnic populations are among the fastest growing segment of 18–24 year old students; male enrollments are lagging in comparison to female; and the “digital natives” have arrived. Also, as the Internet provides students with access to a myriad of global educational opportunities, the potential for serving virtual foreign students increases. These changes present challenges and opportunities to institutions of higher education, which strive to serve their constituents through fully online and blended learning formats and aspire to extend education to new markets as well. This paper raises implications for online learning related to changing student populations. It presents two fundamentals crucial for ensuring student success, as well as, access in an online environment. Finally, it recommends two change strategies.

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General and inorganic chemistry in diagrams, figures, tables, and chemical reactions

10.12737/1070937 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Anatoliy Garshin

Keyword(s):

Inorganic Chemistry ◽

Higher Education ◽

Secondary School ◽

Chemical Reactions ◽

Natural Science ◽

Foreign Students ◽

Secondary School Teachers ◽

Self Control ◽

School Teachers ◽

University Training

The textbook in the form of definitions, drawings, diagrams, tables, formulas and chemical reactions outlines the main provisions of General and inorganic chemistry. It is intended for students of non-chemical specialties of higher education institutions. It can be used by students of secondary vocational schools of chemical and medical-biological profiles, secondary school teachers, applicants, foreign students studying in Russian technical universities and natural science faculties of universities, as well as in the system of pre-University training of foreign students. Each Chapter of the manual contains questions for self-control of the knowledge received by the student and checking the depth of assimilation of the studied material.

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Foreign Students Enrolled in the Medicine and Pharmacy Higher Education in Romania (1975-1989)

Medicine and Pharmacy Reports ◽

10.15386/cjmed-614 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 89 (2) ◽

pp. 307-312

Author(s):

Valentin Maier

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Foreign Students ◽

Communist Regime ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Institutions Of Higher Education ◽

New Institutions

After 1948 the Romanian higher education entered a period of important developments, controlled by the communist regime, which meant thathigher educationinstitutions autonomy was severely obstructed, while politicalpurges affected the teaching staff and students alike. Nevertheless, new types of higher education were introduced and new institutions of higher education and specializations were established. The number of students and graduates increased accordingly. Also, after 1975, the number of foreign students in Romanian higher education registered a significant increase mainly in medicine and pharmacy . More than half of foreign students attracted by the Romanian higher education were studying medicine and pharmacy. Many interesting aspects of this situation are presented in this article: reasons for this attraction, statistics of total number of students, number of freshmen, number of graduates and the contribution of each institution of medicine and pharmacy higher education in attracting the foreign students.

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Succeeding as an international student in the United States and Canada

Journal of International Students ◽

10.32674/jis.v2i1.547 ◽

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).

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STRUCTURAL-CONTENTS MODEL PRE-TRAINING OF FOREIGN STUDENTS TO TRAINING IN MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL UNIVERSITIES

The Pedagogical Process Theory and Practice ◽

10.28925/2078-1687.2018.1-2.4550 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Olexandr Kalenyk ◽

Tatiana Tsaregradskaya

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Foreign Students ◽

Professional Training ◽

Educational Process ◽

Educational Systems ◽

Institutions Of Higher Education ◽

Biological Profile ◽

Content Model ◽

Teaching Aids ◽

Independent Work

Creation and introduction into the educational process at the preparatory departments for foreign students of the structurally-content model of training for the first courses of medical and biological institutions of higher education increases the efficiency of integration of students into the new language and professional space. The methodological substantiation and description of the methodical units of this model are considered by the authors in the conditions of ensuring continuity in the content, forms and methods of teaching, taking into account the links between the teaching processes of the preparatory departments, the first courses of institutions of higher education and the peculiarities of the foreign educational systems adopted in the countries where the average foreign students' education. The result of the creation and implementation of such a model in the educational process will be the cognitive-communicative and linguistic readiness of foreign students to study at medical-biological universities. The problem of communicative-professional training of foreign students is analyzed, the model of their training in the preparatory departments and first courses of institutions of higher education of the medical-biological profile of training is developed taking into account the principle of continuity as a multifunctional and multidimensional manifestation of this concept in the study of physics. It has been shown that the purposeful and consistent implementation of the considered stages of the formation of the model of training of foreign students taking into account the succession in the study of physics and other disciplines will contribute to the integral formation of vocational-speaking knowledge and their readiness to study at medical universities. To implement a communicative-oriented model of studying foreign students, it is necessary to create a complex of differentiated teaching aids, methodological developments for independent work, taking into account future professional training.

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Intercultural Sensitivity in Foreign Student Advising: A Quantitative Analysis of Ethnocentrism within the Profession in the Post 9/11 Era.

Journal of International Students ◽

10.32674/jis.v1i2.559 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 77

Author(s):

Charlotte Foster ◽

Amrita Bhandari

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Information System ◽

International Students ◽

Foreign Students ◽

International Student ◽

Intercultural Sensitivity ◽

Foreign Student ◽

Cultural Bias ◽

Institutions Of Higher Education ◽

Cultural Backgrounds

Jef Davis' book Intercultural Sensitivity in Foreign Student Advising could be helpful to international student advisors and other professionals in two ways. First, it may help advisors understand the issues and concerns of international students who bring their diverse social and cultural backgrounds to American institutions of higher education. After the 9/11 attack in 2001, it was assumed that foreign students perceived social and cultural bias because of their nationality, religion, gender, or language. Following the 9/11 attacks, American colleges and universities did seem to experience significant changes in monitoring and regulating international student visas and the student exchange visitor information system (SEVIS).

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Linguocultural bases of socialization of foreign applicants of higher education in the university education area

Teaching languages at higher institutions ◽

10.26565/2073-4379-2019-35-10 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Foreign Students ◽

Language Instruction ◽

Educational Process ◽

University Education ◽

Cultural Environment ◽

Educational Work ◽

National University ◽

The University ◽

University Training

The article highlights the problems of the linguocultural socialization of foreign applicantsfor highereducation. The scientific and methodical bases of linguocultural educational system of educational migrants’ support that forms in two ways: language training and social and cultural adaptation implemented as per level degree (bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, Ph.D. degree) were defined according to the tasks of socialization of foreigners in the higher education area. The article describes the potential of the language instruction that plays the role of educational discipline and the basis for the socialization of applicants for higher education in a foreign language and social and cultural environment. The process of linguocultural competence formation among different categories of educational migrants is outlined. The functions of the socially educational process at the university as the main factor of socialization of foreigners were determined. The authors point out that the socialization of foreign students in the educational and cultural environment of higher education institutions (HEIs) should be considered in conjunction with three aspects: linguosocial adaptation, integration, and individualization. Scientific and methodical bases of each of the mentioned aspects were discussed. The main forms of social and pedagogical support of socially educational work with foreign applicants of higher education, who study at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (training courses, cultural assimilators, excursions, local history master classes, theme nights, discussions regarding intercultural communication, creative contests, business games, conferences of young scientists etc.) were specified.

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