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Mission
The International Student Program at Macalester serves the educational
and personal development needs of its diverse international student
body. This involves integrating international students into all
aspects of college life, helping them participate in and contribute
to Macalester's high quality liberal arts education, and assisting
them to apply their learning to their own lives and cultural contexts.
This also means helping create an intellectually and culturally
supportive environment among students, faculty and staff, and assisting
the College and the community gain from the presence of students
from different countries and cultures.
The International Student Program carries out the U.S. government-mandated
functions that allow Macalester to issue documents for international
students to attend the College. This function includes assisting
international students in maintaining their legal status and access to
resources and opportunities allowed by U.S. law.
Goals of the International Student Program:
* excellence in academic achievement
* effectiveness in interpersonal relations across cultures
* group and task effectiveness across cultures
* retention, graduation and continued involvement with Macalester
* successful re-integration and application of the Macalester education
in home countries and cultures (or application and further adaptation
of this education in the United States)
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