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Role Of Student Affairs In International Student Transition And Success, Christina W. Yao, Chrystal A. George Mwangi
Role Of Student Affairs In International Student Transition And Success, Christina W. Yao, Chrystal A. George Mwangi
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International student mobility has grown significantly in recent years, with over 4.1 million students in 2013 who studied abroad around the world (Institute of International Education [IIE], 2016). With the changes in student demographics and increased mobility, student affairs professionals are in a unique role to support international student transition and success. Unfortunately, current research and practice in higher education tends to place a high level of responsibility on the international student to successfully transition to a new campus environment or places the responsibility on the international student affairs/student services office to solely work with these students. Given the multi-faceted …