Archive - Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems, CECIIS - 2011

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Perceptions of Multicultural College Students: Case-Studies of European, American and Australian Universities
Alen Delić, Violeta Vidacek-Hains, Laura Adarve

Last modified: 2011-10-03

Abstract


Student mobility and migration is becoming a very important part of a typical university student’s life. Due to the high levels of migration around the world, there is a need to examine how different cultures affect societies.

The purpose of this research study was to observe what has an impact on the perceptions of those students who are multicultural and those who are not multicultural.

In order to execute the research project, a questionnaire was designed and administrated among students around the world. Students from three countries (Croatia, Australia and USA) were included in the study.

This research study aimed to examine how three factors affected students’ perceptions. The first factor was whether the student was multicultural or not. The second was to examine the difference in perception depending the student’s cultural background. The last factor dealt with the student’s current country of living/university/social environment.


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