Dining Together

Social Networks With International and Domestic Students as Predictors of International Students’ College Success

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9016342
AutoresNicholas A Bowman (0000-0001-8899-7383, University of Iowa, autor de correspondencia), Shinji Katsumoto (0000-0002-2902-9814, University of Iowa), Brooke H Tran (University of Michigan), Alberto M Segre (0000-0002-8886-6559, University of Iowa)
Año2023
Volumen95
Número6
Páginas778-799
Fecha de publicación2023-08-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-1546 • E-ISSN: 1538-4640
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221546.2023.2241329
OpenAlexW4385769591
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas39

Prior research has explored how international students’ interactions with domestic students and with other international students predict their self-reported short-term outcomes, particularly in the context of the environmental challenges that international students may encounter. The present study builds upon this earlier work by using institutional data from dining hall meal swipe cards to measure interpersonal relationships and examine how these meal-indices from the first semester predict international students’ subsequent credits earned, grades, retention, and graduation. Within a sample of 1, 634 first-year international students, the results indicate that social networks with international students and with domestic students both predict postsecondary success outcomes; the findings are even significant when based on dining hall data measured at the end of students’ first week of classes. The patterns vary somewhat across outcomes: meal-indices with both groups of students consistently predict international students’ chances of graduation, relationships with international students are more consistently related to retention, and relationships with domestic students are more often associated with college GPA and credits earned

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