LE3 .A278 2014

2014

Major, Sonya

Acadia University

Bachelor of Science

Honours

Psychology

Psychology

Currently there is limited research concerning the international student academic, social and personal experience at undergraduate universities, with even less conducted at Canadian universities. This gap in knowledge is an issue in universities as international students comprise an increasingly larger proportion of the student population and there is increased emphasis on attracting international students to Canada. The current study explored the undergraduate student experience to discover any differences that may exist between international and domestic students. Data collection involved the analysis of the National Survey of Student Engagement at a small Atlantic university across an nine-year span. To supplement the quantitative data obtained from the surveys, focus groups were conducted with both international and domestic students. Results from earlier surveys (NSSE 2005 – 2009) demonstrated that few differences exist between the two populations. However, more recent findings, (NSSE 2013), show significant differences between the international and domestic student experience in their quality of interactions with peers, faculty, administrative assistants and others.

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