Academic Adjustment Needs of International Students of Universities in Southern Ghana

Authors

  • Eric Nyarko-Sampson Office of the Vice-Chancellor, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya
  • Eugene Kwarteng-Nantwi Counselling Centre, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast
  • Jane Edjah Counselling Centre, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast
  • Kwasi Otopa Antwi Department of Guidance and Counseling, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47963/jedp.v5i.1010

Keywords:

Academic adjustment, undergraduates, international students, southern Ghana, university education, academic environment

Abstract

The study investigated the academic adjustment needs of regular undergraduate international students of universities in southern Ghana. The descriptive survey design of the quantitative research approach was employed for the study. The data were analysed using both descriptive (mean, standard deviation and rank) and inferential (Independent-samples t-test) statistics. The findings showed that the academic adjustment needs of international students were quite serious or weighty, and there was no significant difference in the academic adjustment needs of undergraduate regular international students on the basis of gender. On the basis of these findings, it was recommended, among other things, that policy makers and management of the universities must take into account the reality of the academic adjustment needs of regular undergraduate international students no matter their gender. They should also consider effective ways of making their stay in universities in southern Ghana less stressful.

Author Biographies

Eric Nyarko-Sampson, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya

Eric Nyarko-Sampson is a Professor of Guidance and Counselling in the Department of Guidance and Counselling of the Faculty of Educational Foundations, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He is currently the Vice-Chancellor, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Ghana. His research focus is on school counselling, implementation studies in school counselling and human resource management.

Eugene Kwarteng-Nantwi, Counselling Centre, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast

Eugene Kwarteng-Nantwi holds his PhD in Guidance and Counselling from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He is currently a lecturer and a Counselling Psychologist at the Counselling Centre in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. His research interests include stress management, adjustment needs and coping strategies of students, and various behaviour modification methods.

Jane Edjah, Counselling Centre, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast

Jane Odurowaah Edjah holds a PhD in Guidance and Counselling from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. She is currently a lecturer at the Counselling Centre in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. She has publications in areas of behaviour modification, HIV and AIDS voluntary counselling and marriage counselling.

Kwasi Otopa Antwi, Department of Guidance and Counseling, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast

Kwasi Otopa Antiri is senior lecturer at the Department of Guidance and Counselling Centre in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He has also published articles in areas of school psychology, bullying, school violence and marriage and family counselling

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Published

2021-12-01

How to Cite

Nyarko-Sampson, E., Kwarteng-Nantwi, E., Edjah, J., & Antwi, K. O. (2021). Academic Adjustment Needs of International Students of Universities in Southern Ghana. Journal of Educational Development and Practice, 5(1), 110–122. https://doi.org/10.47963/jedp.v5i.1010

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021): Journal of Educational Development and Practice (JED-P)

Section

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