Internationalizing Higher Education: Building Vital Programs on Campuses New Directions for Higher Education, Number 117

by Speck, Bruce W.; Carmical, Beth H.

• ISBN13: 9780787962906
• ISBN10: 0787962902
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-08
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Diversity is a buzz word in higher education, often characterized solely in ethnic or racial terms. Diversity, however, when properly understood, has a much wider scope; it can refer to cultural and linguistic diversity. Campuses can achieve greater diversity in the broadest sense by understanding how to internationalize higher education. This volume provides insights into how administrators, professors, and students can promote the internationalizing effort. Chapters are devoted to promoting the effort by explaining how to help students from other countries be successful in the U.S. classroom, how to provide opportunities for native students and professors to work and study overseas, how to develop exchange programs, and how to help non-native families adjust to U.s. culture. For those interested in how to internationalize higher education, this volume provides a wealth of practical advice. This is the 117th issue of the Jossey-Bass series New Directions for Higher Education.

Table of Contents

Editors' Notes	1	(4)
Beth H. Carmical
Bruce W. Speck
Defining International Education	5	(8)
Holly Moran Hansen
Academic Success and the International Student: Research and Recommendations	13	(8)
Charles F. Abel
Preparing International Students for a Successful Social Experience in Higher Education	21	(8)
Jan Guidry Lacina
Running the Visa Gauntlet	29	(8)
Arthur J. Sementelli
How International Students Can Benefit from a Web-Based College Orientation	37	(8)
Christina Murphy
Lory Hawkes
Joe Law
Why Americans Don't Study Foreign Languages and What We Can Do About That	45	(8)
David L. Sigsbee
Academic Background and Admissions to American Universities	53	(4)
Charles F. Abel
Arthur J. Sementelli
What Kinds of Professional International Opportunities May Be Secured for Faculty?	57	(6)
Samuel Fung
Joe Filippo
How Valuable Are Student Exchange Programs?	63	(8)
Patience A. Sowa
Family Adjustment to American Culture	71	(8)
Carolyn Davidson Abel
Internationalizing the Campus: What Do You Need to Know?	79	(8)
Beth H. Carmical
Index	87