This document contains questions about various topics related to international students, including their experiences abroad and upon returning home, historical perspectives on international students, goals of early international programs, comparisons to business travelers, brain drain, political influences on modern students, competitive markets, and factors that affect academic success and intercultural relationships. It also briefly mentions perspectives from cross-cultural psychology and influences on friendship networks.

1. • In a new location, students and business
sojourners are less involved than
___________ yet more committed than
___________.
• Which areas of research can be found in
the literature on international students?

2. • Name one historical perspective
regarding international students.
• What were the goals of early
international programs?

3. • What do international students
have in common with business
people and how do they differ?
• What is brain drain?

4. • What problems do students face
when they return to developing
countries?
• Are international students targets
of political influence in modern
times?

5. • Where are the most competitive
markets for international
students?
• What is the focus and
development of current
research?

6. Influential perspectives in cross-
cultural psychology
• Which variables do longitudinal studies consider
and which changes do they monitor over time?
• What school of thought influences Bochner’s
friendship networks
• The quality and quantity of interpersonal
encounters involves which perspective?
• Which perspective focuses on intergroup
perceptions of students and hosts

7. • What is a significant component of student
adaptation?
• What increases negative perceptions and
outcomes in intergroup relations?
• What problems do students in Europe report
most?
• What factors affect academic success and
satisfaction in the intercultural classroom?

8. • How do American students differ
from the Chinese?
• What are common re-entry
problems?