An increasing amount of international students are enrolling in U.S. colleges. A boost of 14.18 percent since January 2014, according to a March 25 report from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Nonetheless, a dissatisfaction from the international students expectations with their college experience have increased the percentage of students returning to their respective countries. The multiple social, academic and cultural challenges international students come up against increasing the number of students dropping out of college, due to the fact that a blockade rise in front of them, limiting job opportunities and escalating social dread. First and foremost, international students come to the U.S. to learn, looking for a better and …show more content…
Fear to be deported for every tiny infraction. Fear to be constantly corrected due to spelling and pronouncing random words differently or being wrong for doing things in another way. Fear to be treated peculiarly distinct because they do not know what a holiday mean and how they are supposed to respond to it. On the other hand, the HCC Medical Insurance Services suggest that “most American students are open to speaking and becoming friends with international students and, in many cases, universities have entire dorms dedicated to international students who are going through the same transitions as you.” (Vorndran). Assisting to clubs, extracurricular activities, sports, organizations and teams would facilitate the interaction between foreign and native American students. The blockade in front of ESL students would be reduce slowly but surely expanding their basic knowledge and possibilities, facilitating the growth of joy and satisfaction. Nevertheless, the research presented in the National Communication Association’s Journal of International and Intercultural Communication on June 14 demonstrates the contrary. Nearly 40 percent of international students report having no close American friends. Also, as Elizabeth Redden from Inside Higher ED argue on ‘I’m Not Racist, But’, a misunderstanding on the benefit provided by the government to international students and American tax dollars generate a social discrimination, or as she defines it, neo-racism: a discrimination base on culture or country of origin, rather than color. (Redden) We can create as many activities and programs to integrate ESL students to the United States society, teaching them about culture shocks, language, history, holidays and climatic changes. But if we do not teach students born in the U.S. how to integrate and interact with international Students, nothing was being achieve. Have not you wonder why is it so easy
Tough depicts the college conundrum as a prevalent matter in America’s higher education system, and investigates the cause of this national phenomenon. He describes the college conundrum when he states, “Why are so many American students dropping out of college just as a college degree has become so valuable and just as young people in the rest of the world have begun to graduate in such remarkable numbers?” (Tough 150). He illustrates the disturbing trend of an exponential growth in college dropouts rates in America, even when a bachelor’s degree is seen as a valuable asset, and graduation rates in other countries have considerably risen in comparison. Subsequently, Tough sought to uncover the root causes for this complication. As a result,
Weighing the contribution international students give and the value it adds to their life by allowing them to work in United States, there is every reason to grant them the right. Under good regulation and monitoring channels it can be a very effective strategy to integrate in all institutions of learning that is of importance to the government, beneficial to individuals and society.
If we talk about undocumented immigrants in United States, we usually focus on the benefits and jobs they take from our country, but have we ever stood in their shoes and imagine what life is like for an illegal immigrant? To live as an undocumented immigrant is a bad situation, but I believe to be a child of an undocumented immigrant is even worse, because their choices are limited and they are unaware of their rights to attend colleges. In this research, I will focus on undocumented immigrant students, who are unable to afford for higher education, and the fear of their unknown future which is mainly cause by their undocumented status. The largest invisible group in America, to explore “what are the struggles and unsolved problems of undocumented students?”
Being An International Student in a Post 9/11 World "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free," just not your students. "I knew what was going to happen after 9/11. It was understood," said Tariq Halela, a 21-year-old student at Boston University. What he understood was simple: for an international student, living in the United States would never be the same. Halela, an Indian born Kuwaiti native, has been studying stateside for over two years.
What academic struggles will happen to immigrant students? What kind of thoughts will be brought up? In The Happiness Hypothesis, Johnathan Haidt talks about negative bias in “Changing Your Mind”. This chapter is the best to describe the situation of the immigrant students. According to Kim and Diaz in "Immigrant Students And Community Colleges”, they state that “immigrant students who attend community colleges tend to have lower socioeconomic status and limited English knowledge compared to those who attend four-year institutions.”
Every year, the number of immigrants in the U.S. has grown “significantly.” Chen predicts that by the year of 2020, public schools will have at least 50 percent of students that are non-English speakers (¶5). This shows that it is important that public schools have a successful ESL program. The purpose of ESL programs is “to enhance” ESL students learning, to help students’ “emotional well-being”, and to accelerate students’ ability to learn the new language. According to Chen, some district schools have failed to support ESL students’ learning. For example, Chen stated that “...[some] school districts [have been] accused of not meeting t...
Students are faced with these problems when deciding whether continuing their education is the right choice. In today’s competitive climate, there is no time to waste. The US as a nation is being left behind by other governments that have focused on funding education. Students in other nations are taking advantage of the educational tools and services available to them in order to progress in life.... ...
The goal of this research is to find out why the immigrant students have to face more challenges in the level of education they achieve, the high level poverty that they face in their daily lives and all the confusing networks they have around them which they have no clue of how to utilize it. Also, the research focusses on the fewer resources immigrant students have while achieving their goals. The research question is important as it does affect all immigrant students and their respective families and not limited just to the immigrant. I am sure many families move to a different country to achieve better education and to make a brighter future for themselves and their loved ones. These families come with so much hope and faith, but in return they are bombarded with so much confusing information that it’s very easy for them to get lost and give up. At last, children are the future and if from being they don’t have the correct resources then how will they achieve their goals.
Every year, about 2.8 million students graduate from a United States high school. They have dreams of going to college or to the military to have an opportunity to make something of their lives. However, each year, there is also a group of about 65,000 students who will not have that chance to advance in their lives (CIR_DREAM paragraph 1). They are unable to do so because they were brought to the US illegally by their parents when they were children, and have the status of an illegal immigrant. Despite the fact that these individuals have lived their entire lives in the US, this immigration status hinders their ability to obtain a higher education.
College life is a journey taken by many high school graduate in effort to explore a higher form of education, and most importantly build a new life outside the boundaries of their families to sustain a long path of toward successful career and to some, building a new family of their own. In the United State we are blessed with an education system that is never available worldwide. Laws are placed to allow every students regardless of ethnicity, gender or class a chance to pursue education in among the most prestigious universities in the world such as Ivy League school as well as many large public universities with many programs. This vast number of education institutions available of every type of students create this big diversity leading the U.S. to be the frontrunner of education in the world.
Porter, Rosalie Pedalino, Ed. D. “The Social Contract”. Divisive and Damaging Effects of Official Multicultural, Diversity, Multilingual Policies on American Public Life. Vol.22, www.thesocialcontract.com. Number 4, 2012. Web/Print.
American students have been such a question mark for the international students, their way of living and thinking is way different than any international student and this is noticeable. Students from all over the world notice a difficulty in dealing with the Americans and mentally understand them. Therefore, Rebekah Nathan argues that in her article “As Other See Us” and discusses the differences between the American and the international students. Moreover, she uses different evidence based on students from different backgrounds and cultures. Nathan goes over opinions and stories that happens with the international students in the US and what they think about these situation, which they considers weird in the eyes of the international students.
“Each year, an estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school. Many of these students dream to pursue higher education, but they face significant hurdles due to their lacog legal status” (Malik). Undocumented students are struggling to maintain a higher education when they graduate from high school in the Unites States. But with the help of DACA, an immigration program, it makes them to have a better life and to achieve their goals by staying in the United States. As the population of undocumented students increase, students are struggling to have financial aid and other things that are related to college.
Coming to the United States for college can introduce cultural differences that even the most prepared students might not anticipate. From campus life to classroom etiquette, US school can be quite a different experience from learning in other countries around the world. It is rather natural for students from other countries to join communities that somehow remind them of home and give them the opportunity to remain connected with their roots and at the same time bring the world a little closer to fellow classmates. By raising collective cultural awareness, organized expressions of diversity which create a cultural spillover from which we all benefit.
Bilingual education have been a serious issue for immigrant student. Beginners in education who move to the United States, have an issue with communication, in how to understand English, and losing their identity. For immigrants students, not knowing a second language affect seriously their life in the United States. In his article “An Education in Language,” Richard Rodriguez presents how the English language became a barrier that changed him and his family. Rodriguez explains how hard the challenge of understanding English was for him during his early years of school. Besides, Rodriguez illustrates that his parents’ lives were affected by lacking education and their opinion about it. In addition, he moved over to pursue higher education.