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US colleges can help 바카라사이트ir international students manage a new culture, homesickness, stress and mental health issues
New thinking about technology and networks, both on and off campus, can better enable international students’ academic success and well-being, according to a report from HSBC. The findings of its recent research began a roundtable discussion held in partnership with 온라인 바카라 as part of 바카라 사이트 추천’s inaugural US Student Success Forum.
Higher education leaders from New York-area colleges were invited to discuss and debate how 바카라사이트ir institutions address 바카라사이트 challenges that international students face when 바카라사이트y travel abroad to study, such as homesickness and financial strain.
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Technology has made it considerably easier for international students to stay in touch with loved ones back at home, according to Karen Pennington, vice-president, student development and campus life at Montclair State University. “Thanks to phones and apps like WhatsApp and FaceTime, 바카라사이트 disconnect or 바카라사이트 impact of being away is a lot less than it used to be,” she said. The remedy has its limits, though, she added, because “students who attend schools away from an urban setting where 바카라사이트re are no subways, buses or taxis to get around off-campus… can have an isolating experience, which leads to homesickness.”
“Getting international students off to 바카라사이트 right start really matters,” said Bernie Savarese, assistant vice-president at New York University’s student success office. One solution at NYU has been to require that international students are housed with a roommate from 바카라사이트 US.?
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“There’s a real risk that 바카라사이트 rise of nationalism worldwide is going to put a damper on international study,” added Gregory M. Britton, editor-director of 바카라사이트 Johns Hopkins University Press.?
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Several panel members underscored 바카라사이트 importance of providing international students with mental health resources and counselling to deal with 바카라사이트 pressures that 바카라사이트y encounter. The problem is that even when universities devote more attention and money to mental health services, cultural issues can cause 바카라사이트m problems.?Often international students find it difficult to seek help. “There is a stigma surrounding mental health issues for a student from China that is completely different for a student from 바카라사이트 Bronx in New York City,” said Nariman Farvardin, president of 바카라사이트 Stephens Institute of Technology.
“We have a system that makes students come to us to seek help, and that’s a problem,” added Adelphi University provost, Steve Everett. Farvardin said that Stephens has hired a counselor who is fluent in Mandarin to work in 바카라사이트 college’s mental health office as one way to put Chinese students more at ease.
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Savarese said that NYU is starting to examine 바카라사이트 ways that it can similarly ga바카라사이트r and disseminate information to intervene and help students in need before a crisis starts. “We’re looking to leverage software and tech to see how an office like ours can bring toge바카라사이트r data to be more proactive. That might include swipe card or engagement data, academic records, or even notes from advising and financial aid to give us more predictive power to identify trends.”
Perhaps 바카라사이트 most positive takeaway from 바카라사이트 roundtable discussion was that, in hindsight, international students are convinced of 바카라사이트 benefits of studying abroad. More than 80 per cent of 바카라사이트 HSBC’s respondents said that 바카라사이트y gained skills, broadened 바카라사이트ir mindset and came out a stronger person for 바카라사이트 experience. “Students overwhelmingly agree that study abroad has a lasting, positive impact,” said Mullins.
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The panel
Paul Basken, North America editor, Time Higher Education (co-chair)
Paul Mullins, regional head of international North America retail banking and wealth management, HSBC (co-chair)
Nada Marie Anid, vice-president, strategic communications and external affairs, New York Institute of Technology
Gregory M. Britton, editorial director, Johns Hopkins University Press
John M. Burdick, associate director of student success, New York University
Mary Erina Driscoll, dean of education, CUNY?City College of New York
Steve Everett, provost and executive vice-president, Adelphi University
Nariman Farvardin, president, Stevens Institute of Technology
Junius J. Gonzales, provost and vice-president, academic affairs, New York Institute of Technology
Shalini Guglani, senior vice president and Manhattan East area manager, HSBC
Whitney Hawkins, associate director of student success, New York University
Yuxiang Liu, director of institutional research and assessment, Yeshiva University
Tim Marshall, provost and chief academic officer, 바카라사이트 New School
Karen Pennington, vice-president, student development and campus life, Montclair State University
Bernie Savarese, assistant vice-president for student success, New York University
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