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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, April 16, 1964
Adjustment Said Basic at School
The basic problems of the foreign student are the basic problems of students everywhere, Clark Coan, assistant dean of men and international student adviser, said yesterday.
In a talk at the Faculty Forum, Cean discussed the aspects of the program for foreign students.
FIVE BASIC adjustments face the student when he comes to an American university, Coan stated. These are social, academic, cultural, economic, and physical.
The KU international student program attempts to help the student with these adjustments through three objectives.
Coan read the three objectives as:
Coan read the three objectives as:
• To offer the international students educational, cultural and social opportunities.
- To make international students aware and to create an appreciation of the many facets of life in the United States so as to be able to communicate intelligently about this country in the interests of international understanding.
- To aid in the enrichment of the campus for Kansas students and faculty.
At present, Coan said, there are 420 foreign students here. He compared KU's foreign student enrollment to that of other schools: "Proportional to our total enrollment we probably have a little less than the national average."
There are 74 countries represented at KU and the students are majoring primarily in engineering, sciences, humanities and social studies. Coan said.
"THEY (THE students) come to us on all types of financial arrangements," Coan explained. These include students with teacher assistantships, scholarships, financial support from their home country, and part time jobs.
Last year 10,000 or 11,000 preliminary inquiries were made by
foreign students who wished to study at KU. The big problem for the University, Coan said, was to select the foreign students that the University would admit.
It is difficult, Coan said, to evaluate the transcripts of those who have attended schools in their native country because of a lack of knowledge about schools in foreign countries.
English also poses a problem in considering the foreign student for entrance, Coan said. Each has had a different degree of training in English and Coan explained that it was again difficult to evaluate just how valuable this training had been with each individual.
He suggested several things which students and residents of Lawrence might do to make adjustments for the foreign student easier.
First Coan said that we should place ourselves in a position similar to that of the foreign student. It was also important Coan said to be patient, sincere, and natural around foreign students.
When first meeting and getting acquainted with a foreign student Coan also cautioned: "Be careful to not ask embarrassing questions," and be careful to not discuss controversial questions.
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