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The First Year International Students at the University of Windsor: Perspectives, Expectations, and
Experiences
G. Zhou, Z. Zhang, G. Liu, & E. Chacon University of Windsor, Canada
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This project was funded by
CTL/UW Centred on Learning Innovation Fund (CLIF)
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The purposes of the study
• To understand perspectives, expectations, and experiences of the first year international students studying at the university.
• Particularly on the challenges these students faced in the process of adjustment and strategies they employed to deal with the challenges.
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Tinto’s Model of Retention
• Academic integration– GPA– Academic goals
• Social integration– Contact with staff– Sense of community
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Data Collection• Survey (online and hardcopy)
• Focus groups
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Sample
• Surveys– 64 valid surveys returned– Approximately 18% return rate (out of 350
students)
• Focus groups– 5 focus groups (4 students)
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International Students by Origin 2008/09
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Demographics: Gender
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Demographics: Age range
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Demographics: High school
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International High School or not
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Whether have English-speaking friends
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Housing
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Roommates
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Home Communication
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Study place
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Weekend
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Event Attendance
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Personal Contact with Instructors
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Contact with Staff
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First Resource for Help
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Plan after Graduation
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Levels of satisfaction with study experience at U Windsor
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2008 National Survey of Student Engagement –Summary of NSSE 2008 Results
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Feeling about study experience at U Windsor
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Confidence for successfully completing program
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Recommend UW?
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UW as First Choice?
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2008 National Survey of Student Engagement –Summary of NSSE 2008 Results
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Reasons for coming to Windsor
• U Windsor has relationship with their schools
• Close to USA
• Parents’ choice
• Having friends studying at U Windsor
• Interesting programs
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Initial difficulties at arrival
• Finding directions
• Paper work
• Food
• Transportation
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Residence issues
• Noisiness
• Compulsory meal plan
• Roommates and neighbors
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Perspectives of life in Windsor
• Boring spare time
• Reasonable living costs
• Inconvenient transportation system
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Challenges
• Language– Oral communication– Paper writing
• Culture– Friend making– Spare time
• Relationship with other ethnic groups– In group work– With professors and TAs
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Learning differences
• Group work
• Course demands– More labs in science and engineering– More essay writing in social sciences
• High school preparation– Not enough training in essay writing– Not enough experiences in group work
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International high schools vs. public high schools
• More comfortable in terms of social life
• Fewer challenges with adjustment
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Suggestions
• University level– Security– Residence
• ISC– More practical orientations– Event scheduling
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Researchers Contact info
• Guoqiang (George) Zhou [email protected]• Zuochen Zhang [email protected] • Guoying (Grace) Liu [email protected] • Enrique Chacon [email protected]
www.uwindsor.ca/isc
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