Diversity Matters in Higher Education: Learning to Teach/Work with International Students (Part I): A Personal Journey

This workshop starts with a personal account of challenges and issues faced by the presenter as an international student. It further discusses why diversity matters in today’s higher education arena, and what the theoretical framework is to work with diverse population, especially international students. Finally, it presents lessons that the presenter has learned through the Cross-Cultural Living Learning Community (CCLLC). The presenter will invite the Korean participants of the CCLLC to talk about what have helped them to transit from Korean culture to American culture, and acculturate to a new life here in the United States.