Adjustment Experiences of International Graduate Students to Life in the United States.
The adjustment process, also interchangeably referred as a transition or adaptation process, is a stage that every international student went through as part of their study abroad experiences. For international graduate students, their pursuit represents an important milestone in their self-developm...
| Publicado en: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 2243 - 2263 |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
Dec2021
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