International Students and Global Mobility in Higher Education: National Trends and New Directions edited by Rajika Bhandari and Peggy Blumenthal. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 238 pp. $89.00 (cloth). ISBN 978-0-230-61878-7.

Abstract We are witnessing a paradigm shift regarding the theatrologist’s position in the Romanian theatre environment. While, until recently, theatrology meant cultural journalism, this definition is no longer sufficient or attractive for secondary school graduates. Romania’s higher education offer has changed increasingly in the last years, in the attempt to keep up with the requirements of the labour market; the solution was provided by the area of cultural management. Every last faculty in this sector covers the new direction of study and research. This article seeks to investigate the existing educational offers, which should allow an understanding and a new complete image of the theatrologist in Romania; in our opinion, this image will have an increasing impact on the national theatre community, shaped, of course, by the new directions of study.

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Extended induction and enhancement of the international students’ experience in transition to Higher Education in the UK

Journal of Assessment Learning and Teaching in International Education ◽

10.34255/jaltie.v1i1.32 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 26-32

Author(s):

Masoom Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

International Students ◽

Transition To Higher Education ◽

The Uk

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Comparing Intensive English Program (IEP) and Directly-Admitted International Students’ Academic Achievement

10.35542/osf.io/vm37t ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Anthony Schmidt

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

International Students ◽

Equivalence Testing ◽

Intensive English ◽

Intensive English Program ◽

Student Groups ◽

First Semester ◽

Intensive English Programs ◽

Statistical Equivalence ◽

Direct Admission

Intensive English programs (IEPs) exist as an additional pathway into higher education for international students who need additional language support before full matriculation. Despite their long history in higher education, there is little research on the effectiveness of these programs. The current research examines the effectiveness of an IEP by comparing IEP students to directly-admitted international students. Results from regression models on first-semester and first-year GPA indicated no significant differences between these two student groups. Follow-up equivalence testing indicated statistical equivalence in several cases. The findings lead to the conclusion that the IEP is effective in helping students perform on par with directly-admitted international students. These findings imply further support for IEPs and alterative pathways to direct admission.

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