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From Staff Reports
Language is only one of the
I professors who have foreign stuc
Students coming from environ
are more politically influenced ter
.requirements with the professor, i
a professor of Business Administ)
Master of International Business
CULTURE DIFFERENCES C?
Cheating is accepted in some cull
where the American honor sysl
considered wrong not to help oth<
Folks said care must be taker
realizp cheating is frowned on h<
The problems encountered by fc
the subject involved. Math h^s
concepts, so communication trot
problems ace,emphasized in verl
"Our program is very fast-pac(
in the English language hurts a<
said.
"I think it penalizes them," 1
students get lower grades than the
Polks said he had a Chinese stu<
who had difficulty reading questi
letter lower than he was capable <
standpoint, I can't make any exce
grade as objectively as we can,"
some foreign students perform ?
potential level h<?efliisp nf lancnm
WHILE FOREIGN students h
proficient in English, business pi
Foreign s
unique pi
By RICHARD G. ELLIOTT
Gamecock Staff Writer
About 500 foreign students at
problems different from those c<
students born in America.
WHEN MANY foreign students
the United States, they receive i
welcome and many lack trans
said Diovelis Diaz, of Panai
Panama.
"A reception for new students a;
of introducing them to Columbi
campus life is extremely necessa
said. "Also, the average foreig:
upon arrival has a language ba
may need help communicating wi
anyone."
Diaz believes better coordii
needed for receiving foreign stud
arrival in Columbia. "Not tha
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Folks sa
special problems facing "The k
lents in their classrooms. second-la
ments where universities D Bru
id to try to negotiate class and Inte
jaid William E. Folks, Jr., language
ration and director of the Howev<
i Study program. otherwis<
said. He
in also cause problems. offer Eng
Lures. "In some cultures language
:em is ludicrous, (it is) selected I
era on tests," Folks saidf. "Of coi
i to assure that students also depc
Bre. tend to nr
>reign students depend dn countries
( universal symbols and said.
ubles are fewer. Those The for
bal subjects. them. T1
sd. Students' being weak matters,
^ademic careers," Folks
ROBEF
tie said. Some brilliant mathema
y are capable of. foreign s
ient in the MBA program "People
ons and got a grade one language,
)f. "From a professional "Comin
ptions," Folks said. *'We foreign st
' he said but added that their sysi
i few points below their dergradui
ge problems. communil
college. V
ere are expected to be with that
ntfrnms at cnmo imiun^ Pnroian
tudents he
robiems
but the first semester is v<
foreign student and m
should be provided."
USC face Concerning contacts w
unfronting "Foreign students tend 1
she said, because they ar
among their own peers ar
arrive in nationality. However, D
10 official believe in "Southern
portation, people here have been n
ma City, tributed to her professioi
Upon graduation with
9 a means in public health, Diaz is
a and to where she wants to work
ry," Diaz public health.
n student
rrier and NAVAL MONDANI,
11 _? a.
in aimosi Ilium, was iucmci ul
students, when he was
nation is Mondani had several
ents upon enrolled and he felt it w
t foreign him than for most to adj
attention, vironment.
c
WadIah
in student
cial probU
al differer
; offered in English, French and G
id, would be the ideal situation.
;ey thing is to establish a first-rate
inguage proeram"at IJSf! " hi? ?niH
ce Marshall , associate director oi
rnational Studies, said, "Obviom
problems" dealing with foreign st
er, most foreign students "are
?, we wouldn't be seeing them hei
said most foreign students attend?
;lish, so students were at least. fair
. The students who study abroad
few."
irse, they've been more rigorously
:nds on where they come from. So
-oduce highly motivated students mi
Taiwanese have been super stu<
eign students haven't let language [
ley are willing to come in for help
he said.
IT M. STEPHENSON, JR., chaii
tics and computer science depa
tudents express themselves well
who are more outgoing tend t
" he said.
g to college is a major achievem
udents. They won't get as many c
tem as an American," Folks sai
ite programs, certain segments of
ty are not particularly interested i
/e don't get many foreign student un<
problem," Folks said.
students are not reserved, said Rogc
Mondani w
... _ language. Lai
I because stud
^ languages ?
and English,
taught in diffc
system in Ind
Mondani ha
housing becau
apartment foi
The Indian
sry difficult for the actively parti
ore consideration Club or the In
his rigorous
ith other students tenance of a <
:o stick together/' Business Adn
e limited to events stock broker
id within their own always wante
iaz said she does received a str
Hospitality" and his B.S. work
ice and have con- Auburn Unive
rial growth. When asked
a master's degree ceptions abou
> guiug in vncctc inaia nas pro
with international pace than outs
system in In<
basically dem<
from Hyderabad, Mondani an<
an most foreign daughters, An
accepted at USC.
friends already THUY DA^
ould be easier for Vietnam. She (
ust to the new en- Opportunity |
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erman. This,
engineering dean. Th
English-as-a- problems or questions.
I their American counte
f Government
Jly there are ANOTHER PROBL1
udents. foreign backgrounds.
the cream; pectations from course
-e," Marshall taught in other countrie
ti <srhnni? that science students overs
uliar wkh the and law'not theory and
are a small Foreign students "ir
selected It theiF back?rounds- '
seieciea. it American events diffei
me countries
re than other Marshall said that oft
lents," Folks a special emphasis on g
American history. The
>roblems stop study American bee a us
on academic ?T. . .
It nnpen t mQirn om
.? ?.WVW*I V (tlUIlV OC1
Africa. He already kno
rman of the THE STUDENTS are
rtment, said Qf analysis here xhe,
on paper. puters which they may
o learn the iearn these skills to tak
, , analytical methods," R
ent for most
rhances from There is "quite an ar
d. "In un- said. There are more fr
the Carolina University of Paris has i
in coming to one student from each
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? o niui siujii saia me ioi
motivated, and they ha
:r A. Holmes, emphasis on taking ski
as also lucky in terms of Dang's
iguage was no barrier to him the First
lents in India learn three and her
the mother language, Hindi Brucknei
Each of these languages is Lab at I
;rent parts of the educational Dang 1
na. the Comi
d no problem finding suitable father w
se a friend located a furnished namese i
himself and his family.
student hasn't had time to DAVII
icipate in the International Africa, a
do-American Club because of John Fer
Ph.D. program and main- "Ferm j
1.0 average at the College of Mathew.
linistration. His father is a coal g
in India and Mondani has Matthc
<1 to work in business. He geology |
ong math background during one of on
in mechanical engineering at coal geol
rsity, Ala. State Uni
I if Americans had miscon- in the U.
t India, Mondani responded. Becaus
gressed at a much more rapid employn
ide people think. The political depart mi
iia is much like the U.S., works on
jcratic, slightly less liberal." >s currer
d his wife, Vijay, have two geology <
in a, 7, and Sunita, 3 months. Concer
political 2
JG is a native of Saigon, U.S. Gov*
obtained a Basic Educational vote. M
grant through the Talent
im at USC. !
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iey come forward when they have
They are just as smart or dumb as
rparts, Holmes said.
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Miv 0VUUVIIU9 1*3 U1C
which can lead to different exs.
A different "core of discipline" is
s. International affairs and political
eas emphasize history, philosophy
analysis as in America.
iterpret events in association with
\n African student will interpret
rently."
en an explanation is necessary, with
giving them a proper perspective on
t foreign students are encouraged to
e it is a foreign country to them.
ise for an African student to study
ws about that," Marshall said.
exposed to more advanced methods
/ have fairly ready access to com'
not have in their rnnntt-ioc iv?t.
e home. "They can learn up-to-date
Marshall said.
ray of foreign students," Marshall
om the Far East and Asia. Also, the
a graduate exchange program, with
school involved.
*eign students are generally more
ive different motives, which place
lis home.
i family was initially sponsored by
Baptist Church of West Columbia
personal sponsor is Dr. Lila
r, Director of the Communications
TQf1 titkoi*o .
<uv, omeig ivaiif; wuiiu>.
eft Vietnam originally because of
munist takeover there in 1975. Her
as a captain in the South Vietnavy
during the war.
) MATHEW, of Durban, South
nxiously wanted to work under Dr.
in, a world reknown coal geologist,
ust happened to be at USC," said
"So I am obtaining my Ph.D. here
eology."
;w said USC has one of the best
urograms on the East Coast and is
ly two-schools in the U.S. that train
ogists. The other is Pennsylvania
iversity. "Therefore, I hope to stay
S.," he said.
le no foreign student may seek
nent until the immigration
jnt permits, a student usually
an assistantship, Mathew said. He
itly involved in research for the
lepartment.
ning his views on the American
system, Mathew said he thinks the
srament is fair to not let foreigners
athew said he does not feel
See FOREIGN STUDENTS, p. 18
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