INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS IN AMERICA
Autoethnography Proposal
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Annotated Bibliography
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Sam, David L. "Satisfaction with Life among International Students: An Exploratory Study." Social Indicators Research 53 (2001): 315-37. Print.
In this article, David Sam provides an examination of the satisfaction levels of international students at the University of Bergen in Norway. I find this source to be useful because my interview subjects are limited to international students who go to college in the United States. Sam's article provides me with insight to how acclamation to a school culture other than one of America's may affect its international students differently.
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Relationship between Adjustment and Support Types: Young and Mature-Aged Local and International First Year University Students Sheryl Ramsay, Elizabeth Jones and Michelle Barker Higher Education , Vol. 54, No. 2 (Aug., 2007), pp. 247-265
This article is very beneficial to my autoethnography because it not only provides me with information on the adjustment of students, but it also compares the types and difficulty of those adjustments between students. The article's analyses and comparison actually introduce a factor which affects adjustment that I had not previously planned to include: level of support.
3.
Laanan, Frankie Santos, ed. "Understanding Students in Transition: Trends and Issues."New Directions for Student Services (2006): n. pag. Web. 22 Nov. 2013.
This article focuses on the transition of many different types of students in many different types of situations, as opposed to only international students entering college. By providing the reader with trends and issues in the high school to college transition, the article allows he or she to understand which specific difficulties in the transition need to be made easier.
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Williams, Kimber. "Easing International Students' Transition into College and Culture."Emory News Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://news.emory.edu/stories/2012/08/er_academics_and_culture_at_emory_program/campus.html>.
Kimber Williams wrote this article specifically about Emory students but its concepts and ideas can be applied to international students as a whole are come to study at colleges in the United States. In the article, Williams focuses on both the academic and cultural aspects of international students' transitions. Also, the personal anecdote given by an actual international student at Emory University provides the reader with instant insight into the eyes of an international student in America.
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Sewall, Michael. "U.S. College Focus on Making International Students Feel More at Home." The Chronicle of Higher Education. N.p., 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://chronicle.com/article/US-Colleges-Focus-On-Making/124108/>.
Michael Sewall's article describes the importance of orientation at college and the international-student office's role. By emphasizing these, he illustrates the grand effect which they can have on easing the transition of international students to a new culture and country. One of the most important sections in his article, one titled "United Cultures", reminds the reader that the acclamation process is two-sided and that the college must also adopt to the international students as well.
Sam, David L. "Satisfaction with Life among International Students: An Exploratory Study." Social Indicators Research 53 (2001): 315-37. Print.
In this article, David Sam provides an examination of the satisfaction levels of international students at the University of Bergen in Norway. I find this source to be useful because my interview subjects are limited to international students who go to college in the United States. Sam's article provides me with insight to how acclamation to a school culture other than one of America's may affect its international students differently.
2.
Relationship between Adjustment and Support Types: Young and Mature-Aged Local and International First Year University Students Sheryl Ramsay, Elizabeth Jones and Michelle Barker Higher Education , Vol. 54, No. 2 (Aug., 2007), pp. 247-265
This article is very beneficial to my autoethnography because it not only provides me with information on the adjustment of students, but it also compares the types and difficulty of those adjustments between students. The article's analyses and comparison actually introduce a factor which affects adjustment that I had not previously planned to include: level of support.
3.
Laanan, Frankie Santos, ed. "Understanding Students in Transition: Trends and Issues."New Directions for Student Services (2006): n. pag. Web. 22 Nov. 2013.
This article focuses on the transition of many different types of students in many different types of situations, as opposed to only international students entering college. By providing the reader with trends and issues in the high school to college transition, the article allows he or she to understand which specific difficulties in the transition need to be made easier.
4.
Williams, Kimber. "Easing International Students' Transition into College and Culture."Emory News Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://news.emory.edu/stories/2012/08/er_academics_and_culture_at_emory_program/campus.html>.
Kimber Williams wrote this article specifically about Emory students but its concepts and ideas can be applied to international students as a whole are come to study at colleges in the United States. In the article, Williams focuses on both the academic and cultural aspects of international students' transitions. Also, the personal anecdote given by an actual international student at Emory University provides the reader with instant insight into the eyes of an international student in America.
5.
Sewall, Michael. "U.S. College Focus on Making International Students Feel More at Home." The Chronicle of Higher Education. N.p., 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://chronicle.com/article/US-Colleges-Focus-On-Making/124108/>.
Michael Sewall's article describes the importance of orientation at college and the international-student office's role. By emphasizing these, he illustrates the grand effect which they can have on easing the transition of international students to a new culture and country. One of the most important sections in his article, one titled "United Cultures", reminds the reader that the acclamation process is two-sided and that the college must also adopt to the international students as well.