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Foreign
helped I
By SUSAN SHAW
Gamecock Staff Writer
USC foreign students with nrnhlpms r
go to the International Student Prograi
office, part of Student Affairs, for advi
and a friendly ear.
Theodore J. Ledeen, who retired
director of ISP at the end of June, said
was seeing about 10 students a day. Wh
the ISP was first getting started in 19
Ledeen said he saw two or three forei
students a day. "This past year was t
busiest. We got added questions abc
Libyans' wanting to bring their wives to t
U.S."
FROM ALL the foreign student probler
Ixdeen has heard the past 13 years, he ss
the hardest adjustment for foreign studer
Services increasing
Groups <
By CHARLES SOWELL
Gamecock Staff Writer
Foreign students who attend USC can g
Southern hospitality from several organ
campus and in the community.
According to Phillip R. Ives, head of Ir
Student Programs at USC, the number
students and the services offered to t
creasing here and around the nation.
About 500 foreign students are enroll
today, as opposed to 120 enrolled 10 veai
increase can be attributed to many factoi
stressed the influence of alumni returni
country and recruiting students.
IVKS SAID the number of foreign studei
in American colleges is increasing partia
many third world nations are spending lar
of money to educate their youths in An
example, Venezuela has begun a program
ProfessorsFrom
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foreign student undergraduates with that
Folks said.
Foreign students are not reserved, sak
Holmes, engineering dean. They come for
they have problems or questions. They ?
smart or dumb as their American coi
Holmes said.
ANOTHER PROBLEM area for the stud
foreign backgrounds, which can lead t(
expectations from courses. A different
discipline" is taught in other countries. Inl
affairs and political science students ovc
phasize history, philosophy and law, not t
analysis as in America.
Foreign students "interpret events in t
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wiui incii uai:n^iuuuud. nil nnitdii siuut
terpret American events differently."
Marshall said that often an expla
necessary, with a special emphasis on givi
proper perspective on American history. T
studenl
by officc
at USC was "getting used to a s
accent."
Usually the problems Ledeen
were more routine. In some ca;
ternational Student Program
, powerless to help the student. These
included academic and immi
problems. One instance when ISP i
he help involved a foreign student who I
renew his stay. He had dropped c
M college in the Columbia area and wa
' to transfer to USC. In addition, t
j* government wanted to deport him 1
, he was working illegally.
h The purpose of ISP is to advise anc
the foreign student what resour<
* - ?.! n 1 ?
dvdiiiiuic to mm. r rom mere, me st
ns expected to handle the problem hir
lid "A FREQUENT problem faced by
its students is always money," said ]
lid interna
about 2,000 students to thi:
college education.
The Columbia Council
et a dose of said, is a community
izations on assistance to foreign stut
organization finds the h<
adequate housing and ev
iternational ment. "The Columbia coi
of foreign furniture to furnish 75 co
hem is in- said.
FOREIGN STUDENTS (
led at USC on a variety of problems f
rs ago. The the Russell House. The
rs, but Ives ternationals will also hav<
ng to their name of the Community 1
The International Stude
nts enrolled Students Association are tl
lly because f?r foreign students on cs
ge amounts , ,
lerica For Carolina has many
i that sends !jrT f?r '"fl" S
number of foreign studen
Hi uuicui, students are encouraged to
is a foreign country to the
i Roger A. "it doesn't make sense f
ward when study Africa. He already I
ire just as shall said.
interparts,
THE STUDENTS are e>
lents is the methods of analysis here.
) different access to computers which I
"core of countries. They learn the
ernational "They can learn up-to-da
rseas em- Marshall said.
heory and There is "quite an arr
Marshall said. There are mi
issociation Asia. Also, the University
?nt will in- exchange program, with
school involved.
mation is Marshall said the foreig
ing them a more motivated, and they
"he foreign which place emphasis on t
"Learning to communicate using
students' language takes about a semest<
Ledeen said.
I When a student runs completely out
money, ISP can arrange for emerge
loans up to $150. Students from emerg
African nations have the most problem
getting money sent to them.
Tn ppnpral fnroion ctnHonfc cnoU linl?? <
0 ?w? uvuuv/i l lO own liuip 1
^ from their own nationality group. "If t
J need money, they'll borrow it from tl
^ friends. After they've exhausted all tl
resources, they'll come to ISP," 5
southern Ledeen.
"Pprtnin nntinnaliiioc rtmuuui
*?..? xMv.vtiMiavkViJ uvpvnu V/lI C
handled other for security," observed Dillip Hec
ses, In- a USC Indian student who was presiden
s was Columbia Hall. By staying within their <
usually group there aren't barriers to overcoi
gration such as language and culture, he said.
S?|? 1 The Columbia Council For Internation
. .i v* - which pairs foreicn students with Amppi
"i a fam^ies.is popular among foreign stude
s trying "About 200 students are involved in the 1
fami'y program," said Ledeen. The
ternational Club is also a success,
.. , usually attracts more foreign students t!
I inform American students.
;es are
udent is "MOST FOREIGN students adjust ea
nself. to the American culture. Most are gradi
foreign students who have traveled and know
Ledeen. they are doing," said Ledeen.
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s country every year for a The following
by country, cor
For Internationals, Ives Statistical Rep<
organization that gives Osborne Build
tents coming to USC. The students at US<
ost families for students, office does not 1
en furniture for an apart- indicate they a
incil has gathered enough T>,0 .
mp.ete apartments," Ives Blaeksaid fa
of the USC stu
>n campus can receive help
rom Ives' office located in
Columbia Council for In;
an office there under the
r i
nuusing rrogram.
ints Club and the Chinese
le two active organizations
tmpus.
good programs and
tudents, Ives said, and the
ts will probably increase.
study America because it
m.
or an African student to
knows about that," Marposed
to more advanced
They have fairly ready
they may not have in their
en clfillc */v L
uv anillO IU U1KC UUIIie.
ite analytical methods,"
ay of foreign students,"
are from the Far East and
of Paris has a graduate
one student from each
n students are generally
. have different motives,
aking skills home.
the "Most foreign students," said Hegde,
a_ ? "are more serious about studying, it's their
first priority. Many are outgoing, but they
of don't goof off too much.
ncv "After getting their degree the majority of
Jink fore'8n students want to go home," said
* Hegde. The foreign student usually has a
good job lined up at home before he conies to
the U.S. Also, There is security in their
rst native country.
hey Phillip Ives, new director of ISP, has
hpir _i f? ?"i? * 1? * *
?; pmua iui geiuug ioreign ana American
ieir students together. He suggested a monthly
aid newsletter, a weekly social hour and intensive
English courses geared toward
ach American and international students,
tee, American and foreign students would be
1 ?f paired off to aid each other in their language
)vvn problems ? Americans learning a foreign
tTie' language with a foreign student for whom
that was a native language,
als, "STUDENTS WOULD be more motivated
can and get better use of the language," Ives
nts said. The new ISP facility will move this
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In. Russell House ? the former campus
but bookstore.
han The international floor at Columbia Hall
last year, "was a good experience," said
Hegde. "There was no predominant foreign
sily nationality. The floor had 50 per cent
late American and 50 per cent foreign students,
'hat with 12-15 nationalities represented. ISP
helped organize the international floor.
1 1
tous countries
sented here
ALL
Ff Writer
; is a breakdown of foreign students at USC
npiled by Debbie Black, statistician at the
)rtini? Sprvipo AHm* ? 1 -- 1 *?
0 ?? . . wiiuuou auvc miueA, in me
ing. Black said there are more foreign
D than the 183 students listed here, but her
lave a record of them because many do not
re foreign on applications to USC.
ire for spring semester 1977.
reign students account for about 2 per cent
dent body.
Bahamas 1
Belgium 2
Bolivia... 2
Brazil.... 21
Cameroon 1
Canada 5
Chile...1
Colombia... 8
Costa Rica 2
Denmark 1
Dominican Republic 1
England 4
Finland 1
France 1
Gambia 1
Germany 4
Ghana 2
Honduras 1
Hong Kong 13
India 15
Iran 6
Iraq...2 ^
Israel 1
Jamaica 1
Japan 2
S. Koroa **
Kuwait 3
Lebanon 2
Libya 13
Malaysia 2
Morocco l
Nigeria 7
Pakistan 2
Philippines 2
Taiwan 29
Thailand o
. ..wiiuiiu
Uganda 1
United Arab Emirates 3
Venezuela 1
Vietnam 3