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Negotiating trust and respect: relationships between staff members at La Trobe
University International College and Middle Eastern Students

Usha Rao

Abstract:  This presentation is based on a very small action research project undertaken by the author at
La Trobe University International College (LTUIC) early this year when there were over 200
students from the Middle Eastern countries in ELICOS at LTUIC. The findings were first
presented in May, 2008 at the NEAS Management Conference. Since then numbers of Middle
Eastern students has increased at LTUIC, and some of the issues identified continue to present
themselves, and attempts are made to resolve them systemically as well as on a case by case
basis.

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