Student Evaluation of International Interaction and Communication Opportunities at University

Table 8: Regression analysis results

Overall evaluation of the quality of the opportunities for international interaction and communication (EXINT5)	All (200)				International students (n=130)				Local students (n=70)
	Coef.	SE	beta	R2	Coef.	SE	beta	R2	Coef.	SE	Beta	R2
Model 1				0,5465				0,5028				0,608
International students and local students have regular opportunities to interact with one another during social campus events, clubs, committees, etc. (ININT1)	0,106**	0,054	0,121		0,120*	0,064	0,146		0,123	0,106	0,127
There are enough multicultural extracurricular learning opportunities such as day trips, workshops, programs or events (ININT2)	0,111*	0,067	0,124		0,245***	0,075	0,27		-0,138	0,135	-0,138
Teachers provide opportunities for multicultural interaction and worldview perspective exchanges in class (ININT3)	0,237***	0,057	0,280		0,149**	0,068	0,179		0,393***	0,088	0,434
I collaborate regularly with students from other cultures in classroom / study-related settings (ININT4)	-0,040	0,058	-0,052		0,002	0,066	0,002		-0,034	0,104	-0,044
The university provides opportunities for interaction with local companies and organisations (EXINT1)	0,048	0,061	0,054		0,064	0,073	0,083		-0,024	0,120	-0,022
The university provides opportunities for participate in local community events and volunteer services (EXINT2)	0,105*	0,057	0,105		0,066	0,06	0,076		0,178	0,139	0,154
It is easy to make friends with local students (EXINT3)	0,166***	0,042	0,219		0,130**	0,047	0,186		0,231**	0,095	0,248
It is easy to make friends with other international students (EXINT4)	0,273***	0,073	0,286		0,300***	0,09	0,277		0,281**	0,132	0,296
I am an international student (ST0)	0,102	0,124	0,050		-	-	-		-	-	-
constant	0,209	0,265			-0,016	0,454			0,097	0,358
Model 2				0,4973								0,4939
Factor 1. Multicultural interaction	0,498***	0,069	0,513		-	-	-		0,563***	0,104	0,519
Factor 2. Local community engagement	0,472***	0,051	0,486		-	-	-		0,515***	0,087	0,474
I am an international student (ST0)	-0,006	0,13	-0,003		-	-	-		-	-	-
constant	3,649***	0,102			-	-	-		3,329***	0,094
Model 3								0,464
Factor 1. Extracurricular events and community interaction	-	-	-		0,381***	0,057	0,442		-	-	-
Factor 2. Interaction between international and local students	-	-	-		0,390***	0,063	0,453		-	-	-
Factor 3. Interaction with other international students	-	-	-		0,216***	0,06	0,251		-	-	-
constant	-	-	-		3,815	0,056

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