Article
Recurring themes across fractal issues facing international students: 2016 dissertations and theses
Journal of International Students
(2017)
Abstract
This section shares recent dissertations and theses with the "Journal of International Students" readers. There were about 139 graduate dissertations and theses related to the issues and challenges of international students in 2016. The complete versions of these selected dissertations are available in the ProQuest, Michigan-based electronic publisher. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. This database has found 17,164 results from 1922-2018 while searching the keywords "international student" in its search engine. Across the 139 dissertations that came out in 2016, the authors found about a dozen themes. The most common theme was acculturation, with 32 dissertations. Other themes in order of the frequency were writing/academic skills (16), retention (13), language (9), counseling (9), global awareness (8), social media technology and online education (6), discrimination (6), identity (7), recruitment (5), teaching assistants (4), community engagement (4), career (4), college choice and mobility trends (4), community college (3), and miscellaneous (9). This article provides a more detailed list of key ideas that were addressed in these various themes.
Keywords
- Descriptors: Foreign Countries,
- Graduate Students,
- Foreign Students,
- Content Analysis,
- Doctoral Dissertations,
- Masters Theses,
- Databases,
- Search Engines,
- Acculturation,
- Writing Skills,
- Academic Ability,
- School Holding Power,
- Academic Persistence,
- Language Skills,
- Counseling,
- Cultural Awareness,
- Multicultural Education,
- Social Discrimination,
- Social Media,
- Technology Uses in Education,
- Online Courses,
- Self Concept,
- Student Recruitment,
- Teaching Assistants,
- Student Volunteers,
- Study Abroad,
- Careers,
- College Choice,
- Student Mobility,
- Community Colleges
Disciplines
Publication Date
2017
Citation Information
Bista, K., & Uttam, G. (2017). Recurring themes across fractal issues facing international students: 2016 dissertations and theses. Journal of International Students, 7(4), 1135-1151.