Despite the increasing presence of Saudi Arabian international college students in American higher education, the literature regarding the experience of Saudi students in the United States is limited. This qualitative study explored and described the lived experiences of 9 male …
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The purpose of this study was to explore the major acculturation challenges faced by Saudi female students who study in the U.S. and to develop a scale to measure potential acculturation challenges. The construction of the scale was based on a table of specification that include…
From a Western perspective, North Americans and Western Europeans perceive Muslim women as being oppressed (Andrea 2009; Lutz 1997, 96; Ozyurt 2013). Led by this assumption, some view studying abroad as an international student as an experience that allows Muslim women the oppor…
Academic stress is a serious problem faced by international students. 132 undergraduate and graduate students studying at various educational institutions in the United States of America were surveyed on the stress they experience when confronted by 10 common academic situations…
International populations face difficulties adjusting to a new culture. This is especially true for international students, who have to adjust to a new country and face academic demands concurrently. Research has explored various factors that impact psychological adjustment of i…
The educational sector in Saudi Arabia is undergoing rapid and profound change. Tens of thousands of students are studying in the United States and other Western nations to obtain an education capable of investing in and transforming the country. This step-taking movement is pro…
There are around 80,243 Saudi Arabian students are now studying in the United States under the King Abdullah scholarship program (M. Alshaalan, personal communication, May 5, 2013).This research will focus on finding the challenges faced by Saudi ESL scholarship students and how…
Arab Muslim international students face challenges while completing higher education degrees in the Western countries due to diversity in culture, socialization, language, and educational systems (Abukhattala, 2004; Mostafa, 2006, Seggi & Sanford, 2010). This narrative study exa…
The number of Saudi students studying in the United States quintupled over the last five years due to a fully funded Saudi government scholarship. The presence of this growing student group on American campuses has significant implications for student affairs professionals, coll…
The research questions of this study focused around exploring EFL speaking international students' perceptions regarding participation and social presence in face-to-face classroom and web-based forum, and the characteristics of web-based communication that encouraged and discou…
The mandate for global evangelism finds its foundation in the character and nature of God, who is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. Jesus, who came to seek and save the lost, commanded His followers to go to all nations and proclaim the G…
The United States has experienced unrivaled success in attracting international students for higher education studies. Saudi Arabia has sponsored students for study in the United States since 1950, with the number of students on scholarship varying according to the fluctuation i…
The number of international students coming to the United States has increased from 48,486 in 1959-1960 to 623,805 in the 2007-2008 academic years (Open Doors, 2008). These students contributed 15.5 billion to the United States economy, making education the nation’s fifth larges…
The primary objective of this dissertation was to find out why non-returning Nigerian students choose not to return to Nigeria after studying in a United States higher institution of learning and to establish a connection between that phenomenon and the literature reviewed. Prim…
The concept of "dual diploma program" is one of the current trends in international education, and the dual diploma partnership between the State University of New York System and Turkish universities is the pioneer of this concept. The purpose of this study was to determine the…
This study examined the effects of acculturation, conceptions of mental illness, and selected demographic variables on the help-seeking attitudes among a group of Turkish international students (N = 18) attending college in the Midwest. Students were asked to complete a self-adm…
Characterized as the international student education leader for decades, the U.S. higher education system experienced many changes following the events of September 11, 2001. Heightened homeland security policies resulted in intensified scrutiny of international students, especi…
Utilizing hermeneutical phenomenology, this study discovers the themes which denominate the essence of the religious experiences of religiously-committed and active Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian international students in the US. In 2004, 26 international students at the Univer…
A nursing program at a medium-sized, northeastern, U.S. Catholic university has participated in an educational relationship with the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Health to provide higher education to nurses from Oman since 1994. The literature regarding the experience of Arab…
Trends Shaping Education examines major economic, political, social and technological trends affecting education. While the trends are robust, the questions raised in this book are suggestive, and aim to inform strategic thinking and stimulate reflection on the challenges facing…