Agustini, Dini Puji (2017) INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ADJUSTMEN AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN JENDRAL SOEDRIMAN UNIVERSITY. Bachelor thesis, Universitas Peradaban.

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Abstract

This research was aimed to analyse the adjustment and academic achievement of international students in Jenderal Soedirman University. The writer had proposed two research questions. The first research question was: How do international students adjust with new environment in Jenderal Soedirman University? The second research question was: How does better adjustment relate to academic achievement of international students in Jenderal Soedirman University? Qualitative approach was used in this research with interview, observation, and documents (images and artifacts) as the data collection technique. The sources of the data were international students in Jenderal Soedirman University, the staffs of IRO in Jenderal Soedirman University, the lecturers in the economic and business faculty in Jenderal Soedirman University, and the staffs of the international program in economic and business faculty of Jenderal Soedirman University. The findings of the data indicated that the adjustment of the international students in this case were following the U-Curve theory and the better adjustment was related to academic achievement of the international students through the completion of the courses overed with good GPA. There were many successful factors that were contributed to the adjustment and academic achievement of the international students such as well organized support services, friendship with co-nationals, well organized international program, and kindness of the society. Universities around the world were began to find many ways to attract international students. International education was seen as a good practice for young generation to valued diversity and prepare them to compete with people all over the world. The future research hopefully would examine the importance of international education in higher education system from a wide range of perspectives.

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