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dc.contributor.authorHarryba, S.
dc.contributor.authorGuilfoyle, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorKnight, Shirlee-ann
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:55:03Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:55:03Z
dc.date.created2015-07-16T06:21:49Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationHarryba, S. and Guilfoyle, A. and Knight, S. 2012. Challenges Faced by University Staff Members when Providing Services to International Students: An Australian Perspective. International Journal of Learning. 18 (6): pp. 15-36.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36326
dc.description.abstract

A qualitative case study examined the challenges of service provision and utilization at an Australian university. Using a Social Constructivist Grounded Theory methodology, 73 participants were interviewed, including 38 staff members (16 academic, 22 non-academic), 25 international (IS) and 10 domestic students (DS). Challenges that staff members experienced when working with IS included university and student-level challenges lack of incentive, heavy workloads, and perceived language barriers. A main issue related to equity and whether or not staff members were acting in an equitable manner towards the IS and DS. Themes that emerged included lack of training for staff members responsible for working with ESL students and miscommunication between staff members. These issues added onto an already heavy workload which was felt as even heavier because of IS perceived language barriers. For many academic staff members, these factors appear to have contributed to the reported increase in leniency-whereby lectures evaluate academic work from IS differently to those of DS. The implications of these findings for institutions which enroll IS are discussed.

dc.publisherCommon Ground Publishing
dc.relation.urihttp://ijl.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.30/prod.3251
dc.subjectUniversity Staff
dc.subjectInternational Students
dc.subjectAcademic Support
dc.subjectEquity
dc.titleChallenges Faced by University Staff Members when Providing Services to International Students: An Australian Perspective
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume18
dcterms.source.number6
dcterms.source.startPage15
dcterms.source.endPage36
dcterms.source.issn14479494
dcterms.source.titleInternational Journal of Learning
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