Intercultural Transitions in Higher Education: International Student Adjustment and Adaptation

by Aliona Schartner, Tony Young, Tony Johnstone Young

Universities are among the most dynamic contemporary arenas for intercultural contact, and one of the most interesting phenomena for social interaction studies, both conceptually and empirically. There are around four million people worldwide studying abroad, with numbers growing. These international student sojourns are, first and foremost, social experiences, with social interaction being both a success factor for and outcome of intercultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474431224
• ISBN13: 9781474431224
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"