Programme for International Student Assessment

A lot of students from foreign countries entering the United States to receive further education, and the number will continue to rise. Research shows that over a million students and scholars participated in higher education in foreign countries. The United States, United Kingdom, and Australia attract 45% of the world 's international students. (Ward 2009) Being away from home, it is obviously a challenge for international students to study in a country outside of their home country because…

Due to globalization, students studying away from their mother land have become a common occurrence in many parts of the world. Students fly from different parts of the world to the UK, United States, and other states with prestigious universities that accommodate international students. Arizona state university is among the high-status universities in the United States where there are international students. The issue of whether international students hinder or enrich the learning environment…

of academic dishonesty involve international students. According to Denise Simpson, who wrote, “Academic Dishonesty: An International Student Perspective”, the amount of international students coming to the U.S to attend a school has increased dramatically over the years. International students come from places all over the world with different cultures and values. Many students come from countries where they are taught that cheating is acceptable. Then the students come to the U.S…

Education Commission (OHEC) had implemented the “Thai-ASEAN Student Exchange Programme” from 2012-2014 to prepare Thai student to be ready for the establishment of ASEAN Community 2015. Evaluation Purpose The impact evaluation will be conducted to examine whether the Thai-ASEAN Student Exchange Programme’s outcomes have been achieved and to analyse the impacts of the programme on the students who were selected to participate in the programme as well as their home universities. The findings of…

different cultural aspect about our students and help us work together and co-exist together as one student body. Each student brings a different aspect of diversity into this world, even if they are from Topeka and are among the predominant white race. It’s the little things about a person’s personality are what makes them diverse. By honoring diversity, Washburn University has been able to open up doors for students on campus. We have created clubs, events, the international house, and…

country; I thought China would be the hardest country which has the toughest schedule for high school student. after people had shared the education situation of their country, I knew the Korean education situation is similar to us, and the teacher of Iran is different with other countries. They just finished teaching what they need to teach for today, then the teacher can leave school, they don 't care student has some question wants to ask. I think this is a superb and new experience knew some…

Looking for Affordable Student Houses Close to Campus Education is the most important gift a parent can give to a child. It is the only thing that can be called a valuable investment which a parent can die comfortably knowing that the child can survive all alone in this harsh world. It is therefore not something negotiable in the current world bearing in mind that the current situation demands knowledgeable people to survive in it. Education is expensive, that is something unavoidable but…

A Discourse Community is not Absolutely Independent “Discourse Community” is first constructed by Martin Nystrand in 1982 (Heilker & Vandenbergh). All of us can be considered as a part of discourse community. Sometimes we do not recognize that we are in discourse communities, but we will feel a sense of belonging when we in the right discourse communities. However, what is “Discourse Community”? and how to divided discourse communities? According to James E. Porter, “ A discourse community…

Communication between International and American students. Nowadays society is very split, especially in big countries such as America. This diversity based on people’s culture, language, religion, ethnic group or race. Colossal number of different cultures represented in the United States. New York, Chicago, Los Angeles are the cities with the biggest population in America and also cities with the biggest cultural diversity. People from Asia to Europe to Africa to Latin America live there.…

first entered university. I am an international student who left her home and came here by myself. I didn’t have any relatives or friends in the United States, and I had trouble in understanding what people said at the most of time. This was not the worst, since I even got a bad cold during 13 hours flight. Many international students might have similar experiences like me. No parents, no friends, everything was unknown. Orientation was not that bad, because students were mostly from the same…