Asian international graduate students’ extrinsic motivation to pursue degrees

Motivation to Pursue Green Supply Chain Management

Green supply chain management (GSCM) is a highly discussed topic. However, not all companies deal with GSCM in the same way. The main aim of this paper to understand a company’s GSCM motivation and how this motivation is linked to perceived stakeholder pressures, company’s GSCM practices and performance. The authors report the findings of a survey on GSCM motivations of a sample of 101 manufact...

Eighth International Research Conference for Graduate Students

Academic Writing for International Graduate Students

The high percentage of international students currently enrolled in many graduate engineering programs in North America presents an additional pedagogical challenge for faculty. Many professors find that they are spending an inordinate amount of their time doing something that is not explicitly stated in their job descriptions—correcting the writing of their international students. This paper d...

Teaching Mathematics Graduate Students to Teach: An International Perspective

High-quality teaching of mathematics at the university level is important to every country. Almost all of the best jobs in the global economy require fluency in mathematics, and a great many require advanced technical knowledge. High-quality university math instruction contributes to high student achievement in the quantitative disciplines and prepares students for good jobs. Moreover, universi...

Acclimating International Graduate Students to Professional Engineering Ethics

This article describes the education portion of an ongoing grant-sponsored education and research project designed to help graduate students in all engineering disciplines learn about the basic ethical principles, rules, and obligations associated with engineering practice in the United States. While the curriculum developed for this project is used for both domestic and international students,...