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Examining the Social and Academic Perceptions of Graduate International Students

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• Volume 5,Issue 3, May 2018

Year:

2018

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

International Students, Graduate Students, Social and Eco-nomic Perceptions

Authors:

• Olalere, Anthony
• Aldarbag, Amin

Journal:

IJIRES

Volume:

5

Number:

3

Pages:

349-353

Month:

May

ISSN:

2349-5219

BibTex:

@article{1276, author = "Anthony Olalere and Amin Aldarbag", abstract = "This paper examines the experiences of graduate internation-al students as they construct meaning out of their lived expe-riences and interactions in the United States. Their experienc-es reflect the understanding of their social and academic per-ceptions of their home nations and what in turn end up being their social reality. Fifteen graduates students were inter-viewed with data collected among the international students association in a rural south east research university. Data collected was coded and thematic analysis to analyze the data collected. Results revealed that graduate International stu-dents go through both social and academic pressures which shape their perception of their reality. Outcome also reveals that many of the graduates students face challenges which sometimes require institutional help and support", issn = "23495219", journal = "IJIRES", keywords = "International Students, Graduate Students, Social and Eco-nomic Perceptions", month = "May", note = "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/", number = "3", pages = "349-353", title = "{E}xamining the {S}ocial and {A}cademic {P}erceptions of {G}raduate {I}nternational {S}tudents", volume = "5", year = "2018", }

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Abstract:

This paper examines the experiences of graduate internation-al students as they construct meaning out of their lived expe-riences and interactions in the United States. Their experienc-es reflect the understanding of their social and academic per-ceptions of their home nations and what in turn end up being their social reality. Fifteen graduates students were inter-viewed with data collected among the international students association in a rural south east research university. Data collected was coded and thematic analysis to analyze the data collected. Results revealed that graduate International stu-dents go through both social and academic pressures which shape their perception of their reality. Outcome also reveals that many of the graduates students face challenges which sometimes require institutional help and support

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