Higher Education in the United States

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Higher Education in the United States

• Wednesday,11/28, 2007

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Educational Attitudes (Levine Adelman, 1982)

• Introduction
• Thesis Statement International students,
  accustomed to their countries educational
  expectations, must adapt to new classroom norms
  in a foreign college or university.

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Educational Attitudes (Levine Adelman, 1982)

• Various university classrooms
• Teaching methods
• Curricula
• Undergraduate vs. graduate courses
• Private universities vs. community colleges
• State-funded universities vs. parochial colleges

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Educational Attitudes (Levine Adelman, 1982)

• Students take up the responsibility to learn
• An example of a reading long assignment
• Attitude to grades
• Amount of guidance
• Professors expectation of students independent
  study

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Educational Attitudes (Levine Adelman, 1982)

• Trust is a word to describe teacher-student
  relationship.
• Students honesty in all areas of school work.
• Cheating
• Plagiarizing
• Stealing others ideas
• Serious outcomes of dishonesty
• Failing a course
• Permanent record of violation
• Expelled from the university
• Lose respect from other students

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Educational Attitudes (Levine Adelman, 1982)

• Students both cooperate and compete with each
  other in the classroom.
• A situation when a grading curve is used
• A consideration GPA for graduate school and job
  market

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Educational Attitudes (Levine Adelman, 1982)

• Conclusion