This report describes a leadership training seminar for administrators responsible for developing re-entry or transition workshops for foreign students. Background and introduction sections describe the challenges that foreign students face when they return to their own countries after study in the United States and their need for assistance in…

Many American colleges and universities have developed successful programs to help prepare students for the culture shock associated with living and studying overseas, but have been less effective in aiding students as they return home and experience "reverse culture shock" or the problems associated with reentry. Culture and reentry…

This paper is a guide to developing re-entry and transition workshops and seminars for foreign students who have completed or will complete education in the United States and then return to their own culture and nation. The guide was developed based in part on a conference designed to assist students to return to their own countries and fulfill…

Discussion of intercultural conflicts among college and university faculty and staff looks at the role of internal mediation services, focusing on steps that should be followed by the mediator, mediator attributes contributing to successful resolution, and the importance of mediators and human resource professionals developing an awareness of…

The Institute of Indian Studies and the United Sioux Tribes jointly sponsored a conference on 29-30 October 1969. The needs of the American Indian people were discussed by a large cross section of Indian participants. Indian concern about education and the malpreparation of Indian youths in education stood out. The conference report is divided…

A description of the development of a teacher education program at Northwest Indian College (Washington) illustrates how mainstream economic pressures and political forces support White institutional hegemony and constrict Native educational self-determination. Native developers of programs promoting local language and identity must negotiate…

The University of South Alabama addressed a rapid increase in the population of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in its freshman composition classes by developing classes in writing in English as a Second Language (ESL). These students were having difficulty in mainstream freshman composition classes, both with the proficiency level…