This report outlines the need of International Student Success (ISS) Program at ABC University. Within the report you will find why such program is required, how implementing such program is advantageous to international student, methodology of implementing program, cost estimate, and how the university can be benefited by this program.
It was already brought to notice of the management that the university has low retention rate of international students. As per the survey conducted on the university’s Twitter page in the first week of November, the international students reported feeling disconnected on the campus while trying hard to adjust to the new language, culture, and stress of studies as their major problems. This is an adverse situation
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It is high time to address the issue and bring the needed changes. It is important to make international students feel comfortable and help them to adapt to the new environment. I am confident that implementing ISS Program will give international students tools for success and support.
Introduction
The university was established in 1935 and for decades it has been the most popular choice of students for their education, but at that time it primarily admitted domestic students. Internationalization and globalization resulted in increase in inflow of international students in the past decade, but the university didn’t make the needed modifications to make the atmosphere satisfying for them. Thus, offering international students an overall institutional responsibility once they are admitted to the university can make huge difference.
I have prepared this report in an effort to make international students feel connected to the new environment, improve student retention, and build reputation of the university. In the report, I present methodology and cost associated with implementing the ISS program, survey regarding students’ problems, demographic information of international students, and long term benefits the university will receive from this
American students have been such a question mark for the international students, their way of living and thinking is way different than any international student and this is noticeable. Students from all over the world notice a difficulty in dealing with the Americans and mentally understand them. Therefore, Rebekah Nathan argues that in her article “As Other See Us” and discusses the differences between the American and the international students. Moreover, she uses different evidence based on students from different backgrounds and cultures. Nathan goes over opinions and stories that happens with the international students in the US and what they think about these situation, which they considers weird in the eyes of the international students.
As described in the historical context of the student affairs profession, the development of student personnel was a huge milestone for the life of universities. In loco parentis; responsibility and concern for the whole student body, assuming the role as a parent to assist students in all aspects of their undergraduate experience. This concept has been embedded in the profession since the colonial system. A unique aspect of the colonial system was the
Recent years have witnessed more and more international students study in the United States. From my personal experience as an international student, I recognized the differences in culture between the international students and the American students. Likewise, a Rebekah Nathan’s chapter, “As Others See Us,” demonstrates that how an international student as minorities see American students. Nathan, a professor who goes undercover as a student in her university, conducts an ethnographic study to examine the interaction between American students and international students. Nathan shows how international students have problems with American students because American students tend to form superficial relationship. This is because American students do not express the close relationship within family and friends. Moreover, international students have a difficult time making friends because American only seems care about themselves, they do not seem to care about the rest of the world. Nathan claims that international students usually stay within their own ethnic group is valid. However, Nathan claims that Americans do not make the effort to make friends with international
The project was completed successfully and all objectives were met. The staff were efficient with the allocated duties and were able to assist the student with their needs during the orientation week. The presence of students and parents at this program also helped promote the University to attract future students.
Weighing the contribution international students give and the value it adds to their life by allowing them to work in United States, there is every reason to grant them the right. Under good regulation and monitoring channels it can be a very effective strategy to integrate in all institutions of learning that is of importance to the government, beneficial to individuals and society.
In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, The Poisonwood Bible, Orleanna Price’s life is presented as a neverending struggle for freedom, whether it is freedom from her husband or freedom from her guilt over her youngest daughter’s death. Orleanna’s trials in the Congo show the extent of the love she has for her daughters as well as how she betrays them.
The number of low-income students enrolled as undergraduates in U.S. colleges and universities, has grown over the past 35 years (NCES, 2007a). For example, the number of low-income students entering college immediately following high school has increased by over 60 percent since 1970 (Mortenson, 2007). Although it may appear
In the last few years, studying abroad has become an increasingly popular choice for higher education among international students (Accessibility Navigation, 2014). An average of 10% of students in universities all across the UK are international students from countries all over the world. (Accessibility Navigation, 2014). Although the experience is different for each individual student, there are many common problems that international students face. Those problems include: culture shock to varying degrees coupled with emotional issues(Bailey, 2005), Language barriers along with other communication problems (Sherry et al, 2009), and academic problems due to a change in school curriculum (Ramachandran, 2011). This essay will expand on the common problems faced by international students in the UK, offer solutions for handling the problems, and making the process of acclimating to a new environment easier for students.
You’ve heard the advice before “get involved, join a club”, at the University of Montana (UM) we are a very large commuter college, involvement is a good way to develop relationships with other students and to create a sense of community for yourself and others.
In addition to spending more on the actual education and university fees, the international students also have to spend on boarding and food. Finding a place to stay that is conveniently near to the university and other places of interaction, is affordable, accepts immigrants, and suits the basic requirements - is hard, sometimes impossible. A compromise on at least one criterion of the above is required to sustain in the new country.
Going to study in a new country can be a stressful experience, from learning the culture norms to new foods. Culture shock is common with international students. Culture shock can include, meeting new people, language barriers, social behaviors, and a sense of community. A students comfortability with the culture of their new home can determine their learning experience. It can be an emotional rollercoaster, being so far away from family and friends. American culture is difficult to understand. International students find Americans to be confusing. Social norms vary depending on the part of the country a person is in.
International students face many different challenges when studying abroad. This is due to many factors. First they are living in a country very far away from their own. The country they are studying in also has a very different way of life than theirs. Also the laws in foreign country are much different than the laws in their own country. Due to that they face a lot of problems trying to adapt to this new culture. Me personally as an international student in the US studying in ASU have faced three particularly difficult challenges that I was able to overcome through time. In this essay I will explain how international students can overcome tough challenges and situations.
I am aware of the hard work involved in acquiring the degree from an institution of international reputation and I am confident of succeeding in the course offered to me at the university.
I always want to be an international student because I believe that learning in different surroundings will offer me a chance to explore the world. In order to become one, I have been preparing myself for this upcoming challenge. Long years of studying and paying most of my attention to school work made me wonder whether it is worthwhile to spend so much time on textbooks and became curious about what it is like to study in another country. In 2011, I seized the opportunity provided by my senior high school and became an exchange student in the U.S. . I didn’t fit in perfectly in the beginning, but throughout my exchange year, I had learned to adapt m...
The beginning of one’s college career is always stressful and exciting whether it is a person that decides to go to college in a different state or commute from home-it is a change to one’s whole life that must be adapted to. The transition from high school to college is easier for some people than it is for others, depending on where one decides to go to school. Studying abroad is another brief transition from one’s home to a college in another part of the world. There are many different times that a student can study abroad; it can be in the student’s firs...