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1、BrianC.LovellAcademicPerformanceofInternationalStudentsinElectricalEngineeringattheUniversityofQueenslandAcademicPerformanceofInternationalStudentsinElectricalEngineeringattheUniversityofQueenslandBrianC.Lovell,ProgramDirectorEESchoolofInformationTech
2、nologyandElectricalEngineeringTheUniversityofQueensland,Brisbane,Australia4072lovell@itee.uq.edu.auAbstract:InthispaperwestudytheacademicperformanceofthelargecohortofinternationalstudentsenrolledintheBachelorofEngineering(Electrical)programattheUniver
3、sityofQueensland.TheneedforthisstudyarisesfromtheextremelyrapidinternationalisationoftheElectricalEngineeringprogramoverthepastfiveyearsandthepossibleconsequencesofthisgrowthongraduatequality.Weconcludethattheinternationalstudentsperformaswellas,ifnot
4、betterthan,domesticstudents.Thusinternationalstudentqualitydoesnotappeartorepresentamajorlimitingfactorwhenexamininglimitstoprogramgrowth.Keywords:international,Singapore,electricalengineering,performanceAimofthisStudyTheaimistocomparetheacademicperfo
5、rmanceofinternationalstudentsenrolledintheBachelorofEngineering(electrical)programattheUniversityofQueensland(UQ)todomesticstudentsmainlyrecruitedfromtheSouth-EastQueenslandregion.Electricalengineering(EE)hasexperiencedstronggrowthininternationalstude
6、ntsoverthepast5years.Forthisreason,itistimelytoreviewtheperformanceoftheinternationalstudentstoensurethatthequalityoftheElectricalEngineeringprogramisnotbeingdegradedasaresultoftherapidinternationalgrowth.Weneedtoaddressthefollowingquestions:1.Areinte
7、rnationalstudentscomparableinqualitytothedomesticstudents?2.Areparticularoverseasinstitutionsprovidinghigherqualitystudentsthantheaverage?3.CanUQcontinuetogrowinternationalfeeincomefromtheEEprogramwithoutdamagingthereputationofElectricalEngineering?Ba
8、ckgroundEngineeringatUQhadacutoffOverallPerformance(OP)Scoreof8(equivalenttoTER85)[QTAC(2003)]inJanuary2002andamedianOPof3(TER97).Thesescoresmeanthattheacademicstandardofstudentenrollinginengineeringprogramsisamongthehighestofanymajorprogramat
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