Date of Award

5-1-1997

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Communication

First Advisor

Dr. Michael Sherer

Second Advisor

Dr. Joan Livingston-Webber

Third Advisor

Dr. Randall Rose

Abstract

This thesis applied a descriptive/interpretive approach to the study of faculty perceptions of international students. This study focused on the communication activities inside and outside the classroom between faculty and foreign students and also on the meanings, values and assumptions that professors share regarding these students. Semi-structured interviews revealed that problems do not exist in communication between these two groups but that faculty would be willing to participate in a mutual cross-cultural training session to improve this relationship.

Comments

A Thesis Presented to the Department of Communication and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement of the Degree Master of Arts University of Nebraska at Omaha. Copyright Catherine E. Kennedy May, 1997

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