Dwyer, Don D. (author / Executive Director, Consortium for International Development)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11190
Notes:
Paper presented at the ISEC/BIFAD Working Seminar on International Education and Training: a focus on relevancy and support services, April 23-24, 1986, Washington, D.C., Author emphasizes how the educational needs of lesser-developed-country (LDC) students are very different from their U.S. counterparts. "An international student's success in our universities is often hampered by language inadequacies, cultural and religious differences, dietary restrictions, extended family separations, and non-familiarity with the U.S. university system." Calls for universities to offer the most important things U.S. universities have to offer: methods of systematic inquiry, organizational skills, administration; prioritization of values and effort; and ability to conceptualize what's important.
Woods, John L. (author / Director, International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS))
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11191
Notes:
Paper presented at the ISEC/BIFAD Working Seminar on International Education and Training: a focus on relevancy and support services, April 23-24, 1986, Washington, D.C., Presenter describes nine characteristics of graduate students from overseas that differ from those of U.S. graduate students. Recommends that U.S. universities be more flexible and encourage more participation of students from abroad in designing their academic programs. Also urges establishment with international students of frameworks for long-term institutional linkages with their home organizations.
