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    universities in the UK constitute the greatest obstacle facing international students. Discuss." The last two decades have seen a growing trend towards the number of international students who have chosen the UK as their studying destination. According to United Kingdom Council for International Student Affairs, the enrolment of overseas students into the UK universities rose by 21% in 2010. Under this circumstance, the issues that face the international candidates during studying their disciplines increase

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    challenges facing international students in higher education and suggest some possible solutions. Tutor Name: Kinga Maior Student ID Number: 2060494 Date of Submission: Thursday 2nd May 2013 Word Count: 1,004 The number of international students studying in the UK has soared over the past decade due to globalization. Paige (1990) defined International students as those individuals who temporarily lived in the foreign countries and received the education as exchanged students. The main reason

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    International students often come to Canada for their post-secondary studies because of the high-quality education system it maintains. With this being said, international students often choose Canada because their colleges and universities have been highly acknowledged for their high academic standards. For instance, a Canadian degree, diploma, or certificate will be recognized around the world. Furthermore, unlike other countries, Canada offers a wide range of programs that provide international

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    Students from different parts of the world travel to the United States to study. International students see that there is a wide difference between U.S. colleges and colleges in their home countries. Rebekah Nathan, an anthropology professor, covers the topic in her book My Freshman Year. Where Nathan pretends to be a student in an unnamed university in order to obtain knowledge for her research about college life in the United States. Nathan, from asking multiple international students, made claims

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    difficulties? How so? What difficulties are you currently coping with? I am an international student from India. I spent two years at an international residential school. After graduating from high school, I was exploring my options of going to college in North America and I went on to finalize Knox College. During my freshman year fall term in 2014, I was under the impression that since I have been to an international school in India, I would have a competitive advantage in transitioning to an American

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    Why California Attracts the Most International Students In most recent years, California is attracting more and more international students all over the world. Surpassing other states, CA has gradually become the state with the most of foreign students. The trend does not take place due to a single reason, but rather several push and pull factors related to California act together, and attributed to it. Moreover, differences in public and private school systems also take part in placing CA on top

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    Coming to the US as an international female student is a highly exciting and, at times, challenging learning opportunity. However, international students often arrive with quite personal goals and tend to feel somewhat limited in their brand-new educational surroundings. Accordingly, Dongxiao Qin has interviewed several international female students that study in the US, and asked them what advice they would offer prospective students who would find themselves in their situation if they wanted to

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    College Students: Comparison of American and International Students” by Ranjita Misra and Linda G. Castillo, assert that, “In general, irrespective of their American or international status, women perceived greater reactions to stressors than men.” Misra and Castillo note that women do end up having more

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    the International students without a Social Security Number at Pittsburg State University. Introduction The study conducted by Savage (2007) describes when international students arrive in the United States, students are challenged by the many issues: language, academics and they have to adjust to many things like living, making communication, cultures, weather, transportation because they vary from one region to another region (Savage, 2007) The other types of difficulties international students

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    Discrimination on international Students resulting from ethnic stereotypes. The United States of America in the eyes of the world is a place full of dreams, full of hope and a place where civil liberties are being uphold. People of all different background, different social and financial status flock to America for various reason. Some people come to America to escape religious and political persecutions; some come to escape the horrors of war; some come to find a better life for their family; and

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