InternationalStudentsinHigherEducation

ResearchMethod

  Interviewing  Strengths Opinions Meaningsdifferamongpeople(nationalorigin,socialclass,sex,gender,socioeconomic)

 Personalinsights Learnsomethingnew

 Weaknesses  Whotointerview?Friendsorstrangers?  Establishingtrustwithastranger  Transcribingdata  Formulatinggoodquestions  Needsgoodcommunicationskills

AppliedMethod

  HumanismPerspective  Theinterpretationandunderstandingofsocialeventsbyanalyzingtheirmeaningstothehumanparticipantsandtheirculture

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AppliedMethod

  Strengths  Acceptingdiversity  Beopenmindedtosocialissues  Encouragespeopletobeethical  Desiretolearnfromdifferentperspectives

AppliedMethod

 Weaknesses  Aretheinformantsbeingtruthful?

  Lackedofempiricaldatatosupporttheconcept

TheInformants

  10internationalstudents  5male,5female  Variousnationality  Rangingfromfreshmantograduatestudents

SampleQuestions

 WhyIU?  Ifyoucanchoose,wherewouldyouprefertogo?

  Howdoyoupayforcollege? Major?Why?  Howdoyoudealwithculturalbarriers?

Globalization

  Referstotrendsinhighereducationthathavecross‐nationalimplications

  Globalmarketplaceforstudents

EconomicContribution

  IndianaUniversity‐Bloomington  2007‐2008 $102,580,000 94%ofIU’sundergradsareselfcontributing

 USTotal:15.5billion

IUBloomington  Fall2008

  4,313internationalstudents(10.66%)  Top10countries

  S.Korea(1,092)  China(607)  India(563)  Taiwan(281)  HongKong(205)  Japan(131)  Canada(109)  Indonesia(107)  Turkey(102)  Kazakhstan(67)

Top10countries

EnrollmentTrends

TopUSInstitutions 1 UniversityofSouthernCalifornia 7,189

 2 NYU 6,404

 3 Columbia 6,297

 4 UniversityofIllinois‐Champaign 5,933

5 Purdue 5,772 6 UniversityofMichigan‐AnnArbor

 7 UCLA

 8 Univ.Texas‐Austin

 9 Harvard

 10 BostonUniv. 11 UPenn 12 SUNYBuffalo

13 IUBloomington 4,313  14 OhioState

 15 MichiganState

 16 Univ.ofFlorida 17 TexasA&M

 18 ArizonaState 19 Cornell 20 Univ.ofWisconsin 3,910

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UStotal

  2007‐2008  623,805totalinternationalstudents(3.5%)  ThemajorityconcentratedinCalifornia,Massachusetts,NewYork,Texas,PennsylvaniaandIllinois

FieldsofStudy

  Business 20%  Engineering 17%  SocialSciences 9%  PhysicalSciences 18% Others 36%