Prediction of academic achievement of foreign students at Iowa State University 1969-1970

Ellakany, Farouk Abdelhamid Ahmed

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“…The most puzzling variable in terms of the findings was the source of support factor. In this study, it was found that the government-supported undergraduates had a significantly higher mean GPA than the self-supported ones, and although the same conclusion was reported in Clark's (4) study, this finding was found to be contradictory to that reported in the 1968 study (8). It was found that the self-supported students were the better achieving ones.…”

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“…Categorizing the foreign students on the basis of either the field or the year of study resulted in no significant differences in their academic achievement in both the present and the 1968 study (8). These findings were found to be in agreement with the results of Forstat's study (9) but in contradiction with Hountras' (13) where it was found that students in the social and physical sciences were more apt to incur probation than were those in the other broad academic area.…”

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“…It was found that the self-supported students were the better achieving ones. Besides this, the same variable was not found to be sig nificant at the graduate level in either "the.present or the 1968 study (8). Concerning the interaction effect, it was found that the only signifi cant interaction was between the marital status and the native language variables.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…He found that students from the Far East, Near East, and Latin America were more likely to be on temporary enrollment than were those from other parts of the world. No sig nificant relationship was found in the studies conducted by either the author (8) or Putnam (27) concerning the same variable.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…A study was conducted by the author (8) in 1968 of the relationship of certain characteristics of foreign students to academic achievement. This study had certain defects that the present study was designed to avoid.…”

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A comparison of concerns perceived by international and minority students enrolled at Iowa State University

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The number of international and minority students studying in the United States has risen significantly over the past 25 years. During the 1965-66 academic year, colleges and universities in the United States accepted more than 82,700 international students (Miller, 1967). The enrollment of minority students working toward a bachelor or higher degree in the United States in the fall of 1965 was 305,641 (Simon and Grant, 1966). In 1988, the enrollment of all racial groups rose to record levels in United States colleges and universities. During the fall of 1988, the racial and ethnic group numbers were as follows: 1,130,000 Black students, 680,000 Hispanic students, 497,000 Asian students, 93,000 American Indian students, 361,000 foreign students (Evangelauf, 1990). Webster et al. (1979) found that a number of university environmental problems were unique to racial/cultural groups, as well as several that were common to all students. These unique cultural groups may need assistance in adapting to the new predominantly white institution environment. The international student, while learning new skills, may be available to acclimate other individuals from the same country to life in the United States (Miller, 1967). Counseling for minority students by trained individuals who are themselves members of an ethnic minority group may 2 provide a type of mentoring, as well as assistance in adjusting to university life (Jackson, 1987). Spaulding and Flack (1976) investigated the relationship between cultural and national backgrounds and environmental and social interactions as they relate to academic achievement at a college or university. Their study revealed that there was a significant relationship between the adaptation of different concerns by international and minority students matriculating in United States institutions of higher learning. There is extensive research by Surdan and Collins, 1984; Webster et al., 1979a,b; and Pruitt, 1976 concerning the adjustment difficulties of international and minority students on United States college campuses. The problems common to many college students, including international students, are financial difficulties, communication, academic, and social insecurities, and immigrations (Miller, 1967). International students also experience problems that are directly related to their encounter with a new culture (Nickelly et al., 1964). They must become acclimated to many of the unresolved racial problems of the United States that are reflected in the concerns of individual students (Miller, 1965). American higher education underwent rapid changes between 1965 and 1975. Astin (1982) found that one of the PLEASE NOTE;

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Prediction of academic achievement of foreign students at Iowa State University 1969-1970

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Prediction of academic achievement of foreign students at Iowa State University 1969-1970

Prediction of academic achievement of foreign students at Iowa State University 1969-1970

Academic, situational, organismic, and attitudinal factors affecting the academic achievement of foreign graduate students at Iowa State University

A comparison of concerns perceived by international and minority students enrolled at Iowa State University

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