Supporting International Students Through Transition

This chapter explores the role that orientation and transition programming can serve as a first step towards an integrative approach to supporting international students on U.S. campuses. While international students come to U.S. universities with a unique set of informational and adjustment needs, their experience of “newness” to college life is a trait that is shared among students, both domestic and international, starting degree programs. International student orientations meet needs for students coming to the United States for the first time, and this chapter provides both integrative and differentiated orientation and transition approaches to meet students’ academic, social, cultural, and personal needs.