Evaluating the Struggles with International Students and Local Community Participation

Kusek, Weronika A.

doi:10.32674/jis.v5i2.429

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“…There is only a small variation in the questions asked for the two different tours. As noted earlier, it is important to help international students to adapt to their new college community (Kusek, 2015). Therefore, efforts are made to recruit international students to participate in these programs.…”

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Impact of Community Engagement on Students’ College Experience

2022

JHETP

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Past research has shown student engagement with the college community provides a valuable experience during the student's college career. Community engagement not only helps make college life a more pleasant one, but could potentially help develop a more well-rounded individual. This study aims to explore the issue of engaging college students with the local community, with a focus on simple approaches to helping make stronger connections between the two sides. We adopt a real-life case study approach to explore students' experiences after they are introduced to some unique aspects of the community. Two programs, one on local business history and the other on current local businesses, were designed to familiarize students, especially new college students, with the community. The results of the study have implications for student engagement programs, acculturation of international students, students' learning experiences, and students' professional growth.

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“…Being separated from home, these students have a critical need for feeling being part of the community that is new to them. Creating opportunities for these students to be able to participate in local community life, therefore, is an important but often overlooked part of successful college program for them (Kusek, 2015).…”

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Impact of Community Engagement on Students’ College Experience

2022

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“…Gebhard (2012), Amerika'daki öğrencilerin karşılaştığı problemleri ve bu problemlere karşı tutumlarını anlattıkları çalışmasında problemleri; akademik, sosyal ilişkiler ve duygusal olmak üzere üç grupta toplamıştır. Kusek (2015), Ohio'da yaptığı çalışmada yabancı öğrenciler ile yerel halk arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemiştir. DeVors ( 2017 (Can, 2015, 87).…”

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Uluslararasi Öğrenci̇leri̇n Akademi̇k Ve Sosyal Yaşamlarinda Karşilaştiklari Sorunlar Üzeri̇ne İnceleme

Topal

Tauscher

2020

Akademik İncelemeler Dergisi

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With the momentum provided by the globalization process, it has been observed that there has been a substantial increase in international student mobility in recent years. The mobility, mostly occurring towards the English speaking countries, contributes to host countries in many ways particularly economic and culturally. Thus, international student mobility is interesting for countries and policies are produced about that. In this context, Turkey in recent years rank among these countries which international student mobility increased. Accordingly, the study primarily explains international students mobility in the world. Then it examines the international student mobility in Turkey by taking Sakarya University as case study. In the second part of the work, by analyzing the literature on international students' problems, it has been revealed that in which context the problems being discussed. In this study, the problems are gathered under two titles and evaluated in the context of education (academic) and socioeconomic (social life) problems. This study used face to face survey method as data collection technique. After SPSS analysis, C&A value was found as 0,817. Findings include problems such as; lack of orientation and communication, concerns about the quality of education, economic situation and homesickness.

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“…According to Kuh, these practices are effective because they foster substantial student interactions with faculty members and with other students. Thus, for international students who tend to have little connection outside of campus and therefore have to rely more on an on-campus network for their success (Cho & Yu, 2015; Kusek, 2015), high-impact practices could constitute an effective strategy. However, in spite of the presence of substantial research on high-impact practices for college students in general, few studies have explored possible effects among international students.…”

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The link between high-impact practices and college success among international students in the U.S.

Katsumoto¹,

Bowman²

2023

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

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To promote learning and academic success among undergraduates, many colleges and universities offer or require students to participate in high-impact practices, which include first-year seminars, learning communities, writing-intensive courses, service-learning, diversity/global learning, internships, and capstone projects. However, the research findings on the effectiveness of these practices for promoting academic achievement and retention is mixed. Moreover, few studies have examined the link between these practices and student outcomes among international students, and there is reason to believe that international students may face challenges with fully engaging and benefitting from these experiences. The present study explored the relationships between nine high-impact practices and three student success outcomes: college grades, sense of belonging in college, and satisfaction with the overall college experience. Within a sample of 5,800 international students at 15 universities, participation in high-impact practices was occasionally associated with favorable student success outcomes, particularly for academic diversity experiences. However, all of these relationships were modest in size, more than three quarters of the results were nonsignificant, and service-learning was significantly and negatively related to college grades. The findings were highly consistent across student demographics and postsecondary institutions.

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Evaluating the Struggles with International Students and Local Community Participation

Cited by 19 publications

References 24 publications

Impact of Community Engagement on Students’ College Experience

Impact of Community Engagement on Students’ College Experience

Uluslararasi Öğrenci̇leri̇n Akademi̇k Ve Sosyal Yaşamlarinda Karşilaştiklari Sorunlar Üzeri̇ne İnceleme

The link between high-impact practices and college success among international students in the U.S.

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