A stranger in a strange land: experiences of adjustment among international postgraduate students in Malaysia

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A stranger in a strange land: experiences of adjustment among international postgraduate students in Malaysia

Despite the ongoing globalisation of higher education, few studies have attempted to understand international students' adjustment experiences in non-Western institutions of higher learning. This study employed in depth, semi-structured interviews to explore the adjustment experiences of 10 int...

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Main Authors:	Dahalan, Dzuhailmi, Abdullah, Abdul Lateef, Abdullah, Haslinda, Ahrari, Seyedali, Abdullah Sahimi, Nur Aishah Hamizah, Olutokunbo, Adekalu Samuel, Turiman, Suandi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Western Australian Institute for Educational Research 2019
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80503/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80503/1/POSTGRAD.pdf

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