Understanding academic performance of international students: The role of ethnicity, academic and social integration

Higher Education

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 685-700

  Rienties, Bart ^a   Beausaert, Simon ^b   Grohnert, Therese ^b   Niemantsverdriet, Susan ^c   Kommers, Piet ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic integration; Academic performance; Ethnicity; International students; Social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860487140     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9468-1     Document Type: Article

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