Full Description
Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education examines a wide range of international student experiences empirically from multiple perspectives that includes socio-cultural identities, contextual influences on their learning experiences, their wellbeing experiences, and their post-study experiences.
This collection sheds light on the over five million students who cross geographical, cultural, and educational borders for higher education outside of their home countries. This book consists of nineteen chapters spread across four sections. Throughout the book, contributors question the existing assumptions and values of international student programs and services, reexamine and explore new perspectives to present the emerging challenges and critical evaluations of student experiences and their identities.
Offering a rich understanding of these students and their global college experiences in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Americas, this book offers research-based strategies to effectively recruit, engage, support, and retain international students as they participate in higher educational settings around the world. This book provides resource material to benefit educators, policymakers, and staff who work closely with international students in higher education.
Contents
Foreword
Chris R. Glass
Exploring the Field- Understanding International Student Experience
Krishna Bista
PART I
Socio-Cultural Experiences: Recognizing International Student Identities
Seeing International Students as Students: Changing Institutional Classification, Identity, and Stereotype
David Starr-Glass
Examining Two Queer International Students' Experiences of Culture Shock
Antonio Duran & Jennifer Thach
Chinese International Students and their Friendship Patterns with Domestic Students
Amanda E. Brunson
'I Just Want to be Equal with the Other Native Students': How International Students in England Experience Routine Normalization
Aneta Hayes
Reconciling Multiple Identities: Experiences of International Undergraduate Students in the United States
Yi Meng, Maraki Kebede, Chao Su
Undergraduate Chinese International Students Perceptions about their Classroom Identities, Memberships and Invisible Engagement
Gabriela Valdez
An Analysis of Acculturative Stress, Sociocultural Adaptation, and Satisfaction among International Students
Hajara Mahmood & Monica Galloway Burke
Part II
Contextual Influences on International Student Learning Experiences
International Students' Experiences Developing Leadership Capacity on Host Campuses
David H. K. Nguyen
Is there a difference? International students in community colleges
Hugo Garcia, Jon McNaughtan, Dustin Eicke, Xinyang Li, Mi-Chelle Leong
International Undergraduates Reported for Academic Integrity Violations: Is English Deficiency a Predictor Variable?
Barry Fass-Holmes and Allison A. Vaughn
The Study Abroad Motives of Australian University Students
Steve Nerlich
Headbump or Headway? American Students' Engagement with their International Peers on Campus
Uttam Gaulee
Part III
Rethinking International Student Wellbeing Experiences
Rethinking Student Wellbeing Experiences: The Coping Strategies of Black-African International Students
Denis Hyams-Ssekasi & Elizabeth Frances Caldwell
International Students Mental Health: An Australian Case Study of Singaporean Students' Perceptions
Jiamin Gan and Helen Forbes-Mewett
Determinants of mental health for problematic behaviors among International students in the United States
Amir Bhochhibhoya & Paul Branscum
Part IV: International Student Post-Study Experiences
Post-Graduation Plans of International Students
Heike C. Alberts
International Students' Experiences in the U.S.
