...It’s easier to stick together: International students in US colleges and their lack of adaptation to the American culture. INTRODUCTION The number of international students enrolling in Americans colleges is greatly increasing every year. According to the IIE (Institute of International Education), 819,644 students were enrolled in the USA in 2012/2013 and their number increases by about seven percent every year. Chinese, Indians and South Koreans constitute the majority of them but nonetheless over 100 different countries are represented within the international student population. This study will follow a phenomenon that can be seen at Minnesota State University Mankato within this population. The phenomenon involves international students interacting little or even not at all with American students and creating a barrier between the two populations. International students lack of awareness towards activities that Americans tend to practice and do not wish to get involved with them and vice versa. I then will be observing International students in public spaces to try to understand where this phenomenon comes from and why it is so drastic. As a participant observer, I will use my own bias to explain how it feels to be in the skin of an International student and try to convey why they separate themselves so much. In my study I wish to introduce a concept that wasn’t visited a lot in communication studies, the concept of international students that tend to “stick together”...
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...Education is the most important asset that anyone can acquire. Education is the key to success in life. As a student getting a good education is important. It is well known that American education is acknowledged around the world. Getting an American education will lead to a better paying jobs but the cost of higher education in America has significantly increased over the past three decades especially for international students. International students’ tuition should be reduced because it will bring more international students to schools and it also helps the students to perform better at school. The United States is the second most expensive country for international students after Australia. The average cost for an international student in America per annum in a higher education program amounts to 35,705 US Dollars, while that of an Ivy League school averages to 58,000 US Dollars annually, inclusive of tuition, fees, and living expenses. In fact, the cost is too high that most of the international students are forced to find extra means to raise it. Owing to my own experience as an international student, I am forced to work for up to 4-5 hours a day in restaurants or stores to help my parents pay for the high tuition and at the same time cater for my living expenses. This is quite tricky since one has to strike a balance between work and college studies. This is not only challenging but also has adverse affects in terms of individual’s academic performance. I happened...
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...Marketing 6th ed.”, an industry analysis should also include a report of the trends, competitors, customer profile and technology within the industry. Industry Overview The US colleges and universities industry includes about 4,300 degree-granting institutions with combined annual revenue of approximately $400 billion. Sixty percent of industry revenue is generated by state-operated public schools, 40 percent by private schools. Some 1,700 schools are public, another 1,600 are private nonprofit institutions, and about 1,000 are for-profit private schools. Close to 75 percent of students are enrolled in public schools. Mainly because of big state universities, the industry is concentrated: 50 percent of all students are enrolled in the 400 largest schools. Among the fastest-growing UTPA is ranked in the top ten. Industry Forecast US personal consumption expenditures for higher education, a major driver for university and college revenues, are forecast to grow at an annual compounded rate of 2 percent between 2009 and 2014. Data Published: October 2009. Industry Indicators The bank prime loan rate, an indicator of colleges' and universities' cost to finance construction, renovation, and other capital projects, remains at 3.25 percent as of the week of March 10, 2010, unchanged from the same week in 2009. US personal income, which drives consumer ability to pay for higher education, rose 1.1 percent in January 2010 compared to the same month in 2009. Trends Demand for higher...
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...next regular grade. Some states allow students to leave school between 14–17 with parental permission, before finishing high school; other states require students to stay in school until age 18. Secondary Education Lasts from grade 9 to 12, typically from the age of 14/15 to 17/18. * Upon successful completion of 12th grade students are awarded with a high school diploma. * Students that have not received a high school diploma may take the General Education Development (GED) test, which is a certification for high-school level academic skills. Junior and senior high school Middle school and Junior high school include the grade levels intermediate between elementary school and senior high school. "Middle school" usually includes sixth, seventh and eighth grade; "Junior high" typically includes seventh through ninth grade. The range defined by either is often based on demographic factors, such as an increase or decrease in the relative numbers of younger or older students, with the aim of maintaining stable school populations. At this time, students are given more independence, moving to different classrooms for different subjects, and being allowed to choose some of their class subjects (electives). Usually, starting in ninth grade, grades become part of a student’s official transcript. Future employers or colleges may want to see steady improvement in grades and a good attendance record on the official transcript. Therefore, students are encouraged to take...
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...September 9th, 2013 I. Financial Aid UG/Grad: Pine Manor College English Language Institute Scholarship UG/Grad/Postgrad: Hobsons Latin America Virtual Student Fair Sept. 14 UG/Grad/Postgrad: CollegeWeekLive's Latin America Students Day, Sept. 12 UG/Grad/Postgrad/Postdoc: Mississippi State University International Freshmen Scholarship Postgrad: Washington University Funding for PhD Programs in the Biomedical Sciences II. Campus News • Elliott School of International Affairs Hosts Graduate Student Open House • University of Colorado Program Helps International Students Acclimate to Life in the U.S. • Emporia State University Named One of the "Best in the Midwest" • Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Fall Application Opens • University of North Carolina's Business School to Host International MBA Information Receptions PINE MANOR COLLEGE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP Pine Manor College English Language Institute Scholarship Opportunity: Pine Manor College English Language Institute (Boston, USA) welcomes international students to their ongoing Intensive and Semi-Intensive English Programs. A $500 scholarship will be awarded to students who enroll before June 1, 2014. Students must enroll for four weeks or longer (no additional form necessary). Please email us at pmc_eli@pmc.edu for additional information. View our site at www.pmc.edu/eli. Founded in 1911, Pine Manor College prepares students to be successful by embedding career and professional goals...
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...Miller titled, My Lazy American Students, it states that international students have higher work ethics, than Americans. Kara Miller argues that international students have better time management skills, continuously strive for better grades, and will continue to excel no matter the circumstances. While American students, who have several makeup chances, still tend to not take advantage of opportunities, are distracted by technology, and excel enough just to pass. In my opinion, the statement made by Kara Miller is true. International students tend to achieve higher in school, than American students due to better work ethics. International students have better work ethics, in order to prove their worth within the American Country. In Kara Miller’s defending post to, My Lazy American Students, she states, “it may be, as many have said on the Globe website, that international students who come here represent their country’s best and brightest and that comparing them to American students is...
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...Influence of language difference and clique. Nowadays, as the development of international integration increases under the globalization. The communication between countries are increasingly frequent, and modern technology has also been widely used,people are now able travel to many country in short time. America continues to be the most preferred destination for international students, Many Chinese students choose American colleges as their future college. As a Chinese international student who study abroad in America, a majority of us face a same issue, the issue is international students cannot interacting with local culture. Due to different language and different place for international students, they cannot communicate with native speakers well and do not have many natives friends. The number of international students study abroad increase in recent 10 years, most of the parents rather to pay higher tuition that want their children have a better place to study. International education offers a student a unique experience and exposure to the world by interacting with people from different cultures, religion, and socio-cultural backgrounds. However, international students whose English is not their first language often finds difficulties integrating into the new culture as their ability to communicate fluently and effectively is thwarted. International students use barely English with natives and it is hard to communicate with others. In addition, it is hard to make...
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...For many of us, it has been installed in our brains that opportunities are elsewhere and that we from underdeveloped countries must venture off to find them. But what happens when we arrive to this land of opportunity, is it all “blue skies, white picket fences and smiles all around” as the magazines say? In this paper, we will take a look at the experiences of three international students on their journey toward higher education in an unfamiliar country. Did the presence of family, friends, mentors as well as student diversity on their college campus play a role in their academic success? Mr. Smith, Mr. Pier and Ms. Mal from Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Haiti, respectively, expressed what it felt like, leaving behind the familiar for the unfamiliar....
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...TITLE PAGE Business Environment Assignment (2015) – (Y/601/0546) * A Qualitative Business Analysis of Two Different Organisations: - (Waltham Forest College: Public Sector and Costa Coffee: Private Business Sector). * This Process Involved Assessing the Influence of Stakeholders and the Relationship Between Businesses and The Local, National and Global Market Environments. CONTENTS LIST PAGE Introduction 3 Literature Review 4 Overview: Critical Review 6 Methodology 7 Investigations/Findings 8-19 Conclusions 20 Recommendations 21 Bibliography/References 22 Appendices 24 1.1 INTRODUCTION This report is a qualitative analytical assessment (Easterby-Smith et al 1991) by the author on behalf of Charles Hunt Investments concerning two contrasting organisational types. The first entity is Waltham Forest College, which is an expanding UK public sector college. The other company is Costa Coffee – a successful UK based and international coffee chain which provides high quality food and beverages service to UK and overseas clients. The aim of this report is to investigate and qualify how Charles Hunt Investments can raise financial resources from (for) clients such as the above mentioned and examine ways, on a long term basis how to secure the best dividends (tangible and intangible benefits) for its stakeholders (Kotler, 1997). A further aim of this qualitative study...
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...diverse and student centered public university with superior academics and campus activities. It is a public institution that was founded in 1963. USA is committed to being an outstanding teaching, research driven university that emphasizes student engagement, scholarly and creative achievement with global perspectives. The mission for USA states, “The University of South Alabama is to offer high-quality programs of teaching, research, public service, and health care that create, communicate, preserve, and apply knowledge in service to the people of Alabama as citizens in a global community”, (university of south alabama, 2011). The University has an enrollment of about 15,000 and remains as being one of Alabama’s fastest growing universities for several years to date. Found in the upper Gulf Coast, the University of South Alabama campus is located in Mobile; its setting is suburban, with the campus size of about 1,224 acres. USA has graduate and undergraduate programs such as: Nursing, Medicine, Engineering, Allied Health, Education, and Arts and Science; as well as, online courses. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. The average tuition for in-state and fees are $7,180 and out-of-state tuition and fees are $13,990. The tuition and fees are based on the 2010-2011 academic school year. The student-faculty ratio at University of South Alabama is 23:1, and the school has 41.3 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students ("us news education colleges"). On...
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...2012 Scholarships for International Students to Study in USA and Abroad The Scholarship-Positions.com is the premier financial aid, college scholarship and international scholarship resource for students wishing to study abroad. Here you will find the most comprehensive listing of grants, scholarships, loan programs, and other information to assist college and university students. There are billions of dollars available for scholarships around the world, but you can’t win them if you don’t apply. This scholarships catalog includes some of the most prestigious scholarships which can also be applied by Non-U.S. Citizens [International Students]. Fulbright Scholarships http://www.iie.org/ Educational exchanges that strengthen understanding and communication between the United States and over students from 140 countries. Students interested in applying for the Fulbright Student Program must apply through the Fulbright Program Office in their home country. Gates Cambridge Scholarships http://www.gatescambridge.org/apply/ One to three years of study in any discipline at Cambridge University. Candidates apply directly through Cambridge. Canon Collins Educational Trust http://www.canoncollins.org.uk/ Full scholarship for nationals from Southern African countries South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola and Mozambique) who wish to pursue a postgraduate degree (normally a one year Master’s degree) in either the United Kingdom or southern Africa...
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...Leadership Program for Chinese Foreign Student studying in United States International student in USA 2013 report By Institute of International Education http://www.iie.org/Research-and-Publications/Open-Doors/Data Economic impact Strength * US open visa to Chinese, more students are coming to US to study—number of student increase enormously in past 3 years * 29% of 230,000 student from China hitsNear 70,000 in studying business and management * 20% of Chinese students have intention to practice in real job for 3-5 years ( 14,000 student) * About 5% of them wants to settle down in US | Weakness * Lack of resource to find Intern/OPT sponsor * Lack of skills to participate in a real industry practice | Opportunity * Huge gap between high end text book theory and low end operation practice * Students thirst for intern/job opportunities and willing to pay for it. * We have just the right resource for them * Chinese students are more attractive to companies/association in which they desire to open their China branch or desire to expand their service | Threats * No Company is willing to do babysitting for intern students * Associations provides little practice for intern students * Mandatory payroll requirements from government labor law? And wage requirement to get H1-B visa | Our resources: * 2010-2013 2500 students have successfully enrolled in US colleges/universities. 1000 of them will enter US to study in fall 2014. * We have...
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...Chinese Students Lead Foreign Surge at U.S. Colleges: A Library Research Report by Mengzhe Ding Atricle: “Chinese Students Lead Foreign Surge at U.S. Colleges”, by KARIN FISCHER, New York Times, November 30, 2014. The author starts article by introducing the raising number of international students in American Colleges. Furthermore, she mentions that a large part of the increase is due to increase in Chinese international students. Chinese international students have took up 60% of all international students in the U.S. “Never in the institute’s nearly 65 years of tracking foreign-student trends has a single source country been so dominant. Such a high proportion of students from a single country has raised alarms about the fallout if the current boom were to go bust.” The author writes so. After this she mentions the change in the structure of Chinese international students, which used to be composed by graduate students and now there are more undergraduate enrollment....
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...Content A fraternity (Latin frater : "brother") is a brotherhood, although the term sometimes connotes a distinct or formal organization and sometimes a secret society. A fraternity (or fraternal organization) is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to the intellectual, physical, and social development of its members. History There are known fraternal organizations which existed as far back as ancient Greece and in the Mithraic Mysteries of ancient Rome. Analogous institutions developed in the late medieval period called confraternities, which were lay organizations allied to the Catholic Church. Some were groups of men and women who were endeavoring to ally themselves more closely with the prayer and activity of the Church; Others were groups of tradesmen, which are more commonly referred to as guilds. These later confraternities evolved into purely secular fraternal societies, while the ones with religious goals continue to be the format of the modern Third Orders affiliated with the mendicant orders. The development of modern fraternal orders was especially dynamic in the United States, where the freedom to associate outside governmental regulation is expressly sanctioned in law. There have been hundreds of fraternal organizations in the United States, and at the beginning of the 20th century the number of memberships equaled the number of adult males. (Due to multiple memberships, probably only 50%...
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...especially over the past couple of years, there has been a sharp increase. “College tuition and fees today are 559 percent of their cost in 1985” (Rampell). In 2005, the average tuition cost at a public four-year college was approximately $5,000. Today, the average tuition at four-year state schools nationwide rose “faster than inflation…..4.8% increase” (Gordon). This brought tuition at public four-year schools to $8,655. This is happening because of many factors including schools raising tuition to pay for more remedial classes and extra counseling services, to make up for cuts in state funds, and to make up for reductions in the per-student subsidy state taxpayers sent colleges. These in turn have several effects that have an impact on society as a whole, these effects include international students going to schools in other countries because school here is too expensive, young college graduates not being able to afford to buy a home or have children due to their massive debt, parents not being well prepared for retirement since lots of graduates are moving back with their parents and parents are taking money out of their 401K to pay their children’s college loans, but most importantly low income students not being able to go to college because they cannot afford it. The rising cost of college tuition does not just affect the individual; it affects society as a whole since society is very dependent upon the college graduates taking it on from their predecessors and maintaining the...
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