ABSTRACT
Many international students come to the United States with carefully craed dreams, though most nd the path to fulllment of those dreams lled with obstacles. Students
from overseas must cope with many diculties without sucient support from families, schools, or communities (Tseng & Newton, 2002). One international student, Rose, shared this story:
In this chapter, we focus on the plight of students, like Rose, who come to U.S. institutions of higher education. We dene international students as people from other countries who come to the United States for the primary purpose of obtaining a degree (Bahvala, 2002; Robertson, Line, Jones, & omas, 2000). International students share common characteristics and challenges in the transition process to a new environment regardless of their various cultural, social, and political backgrounds. ey must continually adjust to a variety of cultural, academic, social, and linguistic dierences (Bahvala, 2002; Mori, 2000).
