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Author:
Montgomery, Catherine, 1962-
Title:
Understanding the international student experience / Catherine Montgomery.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xix, 158 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Students, Foreign.
Students, Foreign--Social conditions.
Student adjustment.
Education, Higher--Social aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-154) and index.
Contents:
Culture in higher education -- Research on the international student experience : a cultural landscape -- Student voices, student lives : international students in context -- International student networks : a community of practice? -- International students and home students : worlds apart? -- Preparing for life in a global community? -- Concluding comments to the research -- Paths towards an international experience for all : the criticality of discourse, context and internationalization at home.
Summary:
"Presenting the human face of internationalization, this discursive text examines the social learning experience of international students against the background of current cultures in Higher Education"--Provided by publisher.
Series:
Universities into the 21st century.
ISBN:
0230242278 (hbk.)
9780230242272 (hbk.)
1403986193 (pbk.)
9781403986191 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)226357000
LCCN:
2009047543
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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