Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education Tensions and Issues

Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education examines a wide range of international student experiences empirically from multiple perspectives that includes socio-cultural identities, contextual influences on their learning experiences, their wellbeing experiences, and their post-study experiences. This collection sheds light on the over five million students who cross geographical, cultural, and educational borders for higher education outside of their home countries. This book consists of nineteen chapters spread across four sections. Throughout the book, contributors question the existing assumptions and values of international student programs and services, reexamine and explore new perspectives to present the emerging challenges and critical evaluations of student experiences and their identities. Offering a rich understanding of these students and their global college experiences in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Americas, this book offers research-based strategies to effectively recruit, engage, support, and retain international students as they participate in higher educational settings around the world. This book provides resource material to benefit educators, policymakers, and staff who work closely with international students in higher education.

Foreword Chris R. Glass Exploring the Field- Understanding International Student Experience Krishna Bista PART I Socio-Cultural Experiences: Recognizing International Student Identities Seeing International Students as Students: Changing Institutional Classification, Identity, and Stereotype David Starr-Glass Examining Two Queer International Students’ Experiences of Culture Shock Antonio Duran & Jennifer Thach Chinese International Students and their Friendship Patterns with Domestic Students Amanda E. Brunson ‘I Just Want to be Equal with the Other Native Students’: How International Students in England Experience Routine Normalization Aneta Hayes Reconciling Multiple Identities: Experiences of International Undergraduate Students in the United States Yi Meng, Maraki Kebede, Chao Su Undergraduate Chinese International Students Perceptions about their Classroom Identities, Memberships and Invisible Engagement Gabriela Valdez An Analysis of Acculturative Stress, Sociocultural Adaptation, and Satisfaction among International Students Hajara Mahmood & Monica Galloway Burke Part II Contextual Influences on International Student Learning Experiences International Students’ Experiences Developing Leadership Capacity on Host Campuses David H. K. Nguyen Is there a difference? International students in community colleges Hugo Garcia, Jon McNaughtan, Dustin Eicke, Xinyang Li, Mi-Chelle Leong International Undergraduates Reported for Academic Integrity Violations: Is English Deficiency a Predictor Variable? Barry Fass-Holmes and Allison A. Vaughn The Study Abroad Motives of Australian University Students Steve Nerlich Headbump or Headway? American Students’ Engagement with their International Peers on Campus Uttam Gaulee Part III Rethinking International Student Wellbeing Experiences Rethinking Student Wellbeing Experiences: The Coping Strategies of Black-African International Students Denis Hyams-Ssekasi & Elizabeth Frances Caldwell International Students Mental Health: An Australian Case Study of Singaporean Students’ Perceptions Jiamin Gan and Helen Forbes-Mewett Determinants of mental health for problematic behaviors among International students in the United States Amir Bhochhibhoya & Paul Branscum Part IV: International Student Post-Study Experiences Post-Graduation Plans of International Students Heike C. Alberts International Students’ Experiences in the U.S. Workforce: Gender Differences in Labor Market Outcomes Maria Adamuti-Trache International Students as a Vulnerable Army of Workers: Work Experience and Workplace Treatment Ly Tran and Sri Soejatminah

Krishna Bista is an Associate Professor in the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy at Morgan State University, Maryland.