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- Title
Counseling Nigerian Students in United States Colleges and Universities.
- Authors
Idowu, Adeyemi I.
- Abstract
This article discusses ways in which American counselors can build positive relationships and initiate appropriate interventions with Nigerian students on their college and university campuses. <BR> Nigerians constitute the third largest foreign student population in the United States, after Iran and Taiwan (Amadi & Abol-Briggs, 1982). Within the past 2 decades, the United States has witnessed unprecedented influx of Nigerian students into its universities and colleges. There is, in fact, hardly any major university in the United States today that does not have a sizable enrollment of Nigerian students. <BR> The purpose of this article is to highlight ways in which American counselors can build positive relationships and initiate appropriate counseling interventions with Nigerian students. I will first focus on characteristics that make the Nigerian student different as a client. Second, I will identify some typical counseling problems of Nigerian students in the U.S. and intervention strategies that can be effectively used with them. Finally, I will discuss the implications of counseling the Nigerian student.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NIGERIA; TAIWAN; COUNSELORS; FOREIGN students; EDUCATIONAL counseling; INTERPERSONAL relations
- Publication
Journal of Counseling & Development, 1985, Vol 63, Issue 8, p506
- ISSN
0748-9633
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/j.1556-6676.1985.tb02746.x