At the recent Second Annual Utah Dual Immersion Institute, hundreds of educators, school administrators and guests learned that Utah has over 7000 students currently enrolled in 40 different dual immersion language programs – securing Utah’s leadership in the global economy and signaling a critical focus on preparing our students for the challenges in a global [...]
This video is about cross-cultural adaptation and culture shock. Foreign students share their perceptions of their experiences in the U.S. as each of them (plus one specialist in cross-cultural relations and a few American Students) is interviewed about living and studying in a new culture. The focus is on the arrival and immediate post arrival [...]
Few successful businesses are now mono-cultural in their make-up. Even if a business or organization is not dealing internationally the chances are that they employ people from foreign countries. At a higher level globalization has meant companies are having to look further a field for new revenue streams, products, services, etc. This requires working and [...]
By Gordan Fairclough – Wall Street Journal TSOGT, Mongolia — Waves from the global economic downturn hit Sodnomdarjaa Khaltarkhuu when bank officials showed up at his tent on the edge of the Gobi desert and threatened to foreclose on his goats, sheep and camels. Falling demand for cashmere among recession-hit shoppers in the West is [...]







