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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"American university"”.
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Negotiating Race, Navigating School: Situating Hmong American University Student Experiences
… within the educational experiences of Hmong American students at a Wisconsin state university (WSU). The research project investigates the ways in which neo-racist discourses of cultural difference have racially constructed Hmong people and Hmong culture as deficient, barbaric, and primitive, …
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PROGRAM EVALUATION OF GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN JAPAN
… gradual recession in Japan, and the revision of university faculty employment status by the Japanese Ministry of Education.
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The American University: Attitudes about Safety and the Impact of Gun Regulations on Campus
An ultimate goal of American universities is to provide a safe and secure environment for all who attend and operate there, but what safety looks and feels like to the individual can vary to a great degree. There are many factors that campus safety departments consider when designing their campus …
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Pakistani graduate student's perspective on the effectiveness of ESL writing courses at an American university
This study explored the learning experiences of 23 Pakistani graduate students and how they perceived the effectiveness of ESL writing courses they have taken. The primary data source was an online survey; follow up questions from student participants and in-depth interviews from their course …
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Chinese doctoral students' perceptions of academic achievement, identity investment and use of English in an American university
For Chinese doctoral students, English is the most essential subject when studying in U.S. universities and living life in the U.S. Using English not only promotes academic success, but also helps them to pursue better job opportunities and a better life in the U.S. The purpose of this study was to …
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Multiple Perspectives on Academic Service-Learning Partnerships at the American University in Cairo: A Mixed Method Study
… framework to explore these partnerships at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Seventy-nine community partners, administrators, faculty members, and students from a diverse range of age, citizenship, racial, educational, and professional backgrounds participated in the study. Qualitative …
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Intercultural communication and adaptation: A longitudinal study of Taiwanese graduate students' sojourning experiences in a Midwestern American university
… first year of graduate study in a Midwestern American university. The students were balanced between the sexes and natural sciences vs. social sciences-humanities. Interpretive qualitative methods were employed. Three in-depth interviews were conducted with each of the twenty Taiwanese …
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Outside looking in: case studies of the effects of study abroad on female African American university students’ identities
In the 2010-2011 academic year, Black university students comprised only 4.8% of all study abroad students in the United States, despite being 14.5% of all university students. In an attempt to better foster the experiences of these students, this thesis seeks to understand the evolution of Black …
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THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CLIENT-COUNSELOR ETHNIC MATCH, CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS, COUNSELOR CHARACTERISTICS, AND COUNSELING OUTCOMES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY COUNSELING CENTER CLIENTS
… (a) racial/ethnic matching between African American clients and their counselors (i.e., Black, White, and non-Black racial/ethnic minority counselors) and therapeutic outcomes (i.e., change in symptoms, treatment length, and premature termination), (b) while also controlling for the …
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An Examination of Social Anxiety, Social Skills, Social Adjustment, and Self-Construal in Chinese and American Students at an American University
… lower levels of social adjustment than American students. Cultural differences may contribute to this problem; however, social relationships between international students and American students lead to greater adjustment for the former group. In spite of this finding, many international …
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A causal comparative investigation into transactional versus transformational instructional delivery style in two freshman-level humanities courses at a Southeastern American university
… humanities courses at a southeastern university. A secondary purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between instructional delivery style and student perception of teacher effectiveness. The primary researcher also examined if student assessment and teacher …
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Saudi students and IEP teachers: converging and diverging perspectives
… skills for international students’ success in American university classes, the IEP’s effectiveness in developing those skills, and on the role of high-stakes English-language proficiency tests such as the TOEFL and IELTS. The research used a group interview format with some elements of focus …
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A Case Study of the Internationalization of a Midwestern University English Composition Course Occurring in a 3-D Virtual Environment
… of strategies, has become a growing movement at American universities in an effort to create globally competent graduates who are prepared to be responsible world citizens. Many of these strategies are implemented by faculty members who internationalize their courses by providing opportunities to …
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Applied Literature: Expanding Cultural Understanding For Language Learners
… English language learners who are students at an American university as they read, write about, and discuss literature written by an author from the local area and which portrays the local culture in which the university is situated. This study seeks to examine how adopting an aesthetic stance can …
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Social and learner-specific factors in the acquisition of nativelike phonetic contrasts by study abroad students in Paris, France
… to what extent the attitudes and motivations of American university students studying in Paris influence their acquisition of the previously documented counter-clockwise rotation of nasal vowels in Northern Metropolitan French. Participants in this study were twelve students from an American …
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The representation of clitics in the lexicons of English-speaking learners of French
… 198 adult learners of French at a small, private American university. Subjects were drawn from intact groups of students enrolled in first, second, third and fourth semester French. The objective was to find out if patterns of errors in grammaticality judgments can be explained by (i) a single …
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