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Somanita Kheang – Commission for International Adult Education, 2024
In the globalized higher education landscape, international students are integral to the academic community. International students often face unique challenges, including language and cultural barriers, adjusting to American classroom expectations, and feelings of isolation. This qualitative study explores impostor feelings among nontraditional…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Self Concept, Nontraditional Students, Foreign Students
Schwartzman, Roy; Tibbles, David – Online Submission, 2005
This essay examines Presidential rhetoric and popular culture practices in light of the stages of grief enumerated by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. The authors find a consistent retrenchment of grief into the anger phase, where the pain of losing national invulnerability is transferred to externalized aggression. Reconciliation is suggested by means of…
Descriptors: Grief, Popular Culture, Coping, Terrorism
Peck, Robert F.; And Others – 1978
Coping skills and work motivation were investigated as predictors of academic achievement in Japan, West Germany, and Austin, Texas. Data were gathered from a sample of 3,600 ten and fourteen-year olds. Aptitude was measured by the Raven Progressive Matrices; achievement was measured by standardized tests in reading and mathematics, and by grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Age Differences, Coping