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Study shows university's advising model boosts international students

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What to know about Study shows university's advising model boosts international students

Syracuse University has developed and studied the International Student Success Model, a five-pillar framework designed to improve retention and career readiness for international students. A peer-reviewed study co-authored by program directors reports consistent gains in student satisfaction, GPA, and professional development metrics.

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Study shows university's advising model boosts international students Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Chief Editor Ling LeBeau and Steve Schaffling spent five years building and refining a framework for supporting international students at…

Why it matters

A new peer-reviewed study shows that work produced consistent gains in retention, mentoring satisfaction and career readiness across four cohorts of incoming first-year international students.

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LeBeau, director of international student success, and Schaffling, assistant dean of student success in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the Maxwell School, co-authored "International Student Academic Success: A Practice-Based Model for Retention…

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Syracuse University has developed and studied the International Student Success Model, a five-pillar framework designed to improve retention and career readiness for international students. A peer-reviewed study co-authored by program directors reports consistent gains in student satisfaction, GPA, and professional development metrics.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Fewer than four in 10 advisers surveyed believed their institution successfully supports new international students in their academic transition.”
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The statistic regarding fewer than four in 10 advisers is reported in one source summarizing the study.
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web search NEUTRAL — Fewer than four in 10 advisers surveyed believed their institution successfully supports new international students in their academic transition. Only 19% thought their institution adequately prepares…
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-university-boosts-internationa…
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web search NEUTRAL — a 2022 survey published in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22423982.2022.2…
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web search NEUTRAL — Academic advisers are uniquely positioned to help students avoid earning excess credits—to the extent that it’s possible.The irony here is that sometimes institutions optimize academic advising for ef…
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/beyond-transf…
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Claim 2: “LinkedIn profile creation rose from 48% to 79%, résumé creation or updating rose from 55% to 79%, and engagement in searching for internship or employment opportunities increased from 35% to 68%.”
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Claim 3: “The peer-reviewed article presents the first longitudinal, practice-based assessment of a structured international student success model published in the field.”
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Both a news-style summary and a professional profile (Ling Gao LeBeau, PhD) confirm that this work presents the first longitudinal, practice-based assessment of such a model.
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web search NEUTRAL — The peer-reviewed article presents the first longitudinal, practice-based assessment of a structured international student success model published in the field.
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-university-boosts-internationa…
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web search NEUTRAL — A study published in August in the journal Health communication.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2022.2…
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web search NEUTRAL — This work presents the first longitudinal, practice-based International Student Success Model, grounded in five years of program assessment data and a global survey of 255 academic advisors conducted …
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/linggaolebeau_internationalst…
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Claim 4: “Students who could identify degree requirements increased from 72% to 100%.”
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Claim 5: “96% expressed a need for professional development on advising international students”
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While search results discuss NACADA and international advising generally, the specific 96% figure for professional development needs is not present in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — NACADA promotes and supports quality academic advising in institutions of higher education to enhance the educational development of students. Nutt's current responsibilities as executive director of …
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1106098
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web search NEUTRAL — Advising International Students in Engineering Programs: Academic Advisors’ Perceptions of Intercultural Communication Competence. Yi Leaf Zhang, University of Texas at Arlington Trang V. Dinh, Univer…
https://archive.org/stream/ERIC_EJ1164638/ERIC_EJ1164638_djv…
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web search NEUTRAL — Harvard’s overhauled first-year advising system is entering the fall semester still a work in progress, months after the College eliminated individual pre-concentration advisers and shifted freshman t…
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/9/7/first-year-advis…
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Claim 6: “Departmental records indicate that most international students who left during the study period did so with GPAs of 3.5 or above”
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Claim 7: “Only 19% thought their institution adequately prepares international students for life after graduation.”
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The 19% statistic regarding post-graduation preparation is reported in one source summarizing the study.
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web search NEUTRAL — Fewer than four in 10 advisers surveyed believed their institution successfully supports new international students in their academic transition. Only 19% thought their institution adequately prepares…
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-university-boosts-internationa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore courses, entry requirements, scholarships, support, visas and campus life.Three Deakin students walk across a bridge on the Melbourne Burwood Campus.A close up of a student looking up and smil…
https://www.deakin.edu.au/international-students
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web search NEUTRAL — ECUST 2026 Admission Information on Graduate Programs for International Students.
https://apply.ecust.edu.cn/
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Claim 8: “as of 2025, no other published, data-informed framework for international student academic success exists in the literature.”
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Claim 9: “LeBeau, director of international student success, and Schaffling, assistant dean of student success in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the Maxwell School, co-authored "International Student Academic Success: A Practice-Based Model for Retention and Advising in Higher Education," published in the Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice.”
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web search NEUTRAL — LeBeau, director of international student success, and Schaffling, assistant dean of student success in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the Maxwell School, co-authored "International Studen…
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-university-boosts-internationa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Student Stress and Academic Performance - Taylor & Francis Online.
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web search NEUTRAL — A&S | Maxwell Academic and Career Advising’s International Student Success Model, which supports international students through targeted programming, was recently featured on Spectrum News.
https://artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/as-in-the-news/spectrum…
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Claim 10: “The study draws on two sources of data: a 2022 global survey of 255 academic advisers conducted in partnership with NACADA, the global community for academic advising, and five years of program assessment data collected at Syracuse from 2020 to 2024.”
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The specific data sources (2022 NACADA survey of 255 advisers and 2020-2024 Syracuse data) are mentioned in the professional profile of Ling Gao LeBeau, but not independently corroborated by other sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — First Time Home Buyers Program | NACA Loan | Info On The Go Ep 110Dietric Williams45K views • 4 years agoLivePlaylist ()Mix (50+).
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web search NEUTRAL — JIIT Admissions. SOA University. Badhta UP.Here, we have compiled the India Post GDS Expected Cut Off based on the previous year cut off data. As per previous statistics, it is expected that this year…
https://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/india-post-gds-cut-off-2…
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web search NEUTRAL — International experiences abroad and at University of Bologna. Explore opportunities to enhance your university experience with an international dimension through mobility periods abroad or participat…
https://www.unibo.it/en/study
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Claim 11: “Ling LeBeau and Steve Schaffling spent five years building and refining a framework for supporting international students at Syracuse University, culminating in the establishment of the International Student Success Model”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Ling LeBeau and Steve Schaffling spent five years developing the International Student Success Model at Syracuse University.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ling LeBeau and Steve Schaffling spent five years building and refining a framework for supporting international students at Syracuse University, culminating in the establishment of the International …
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-university-boosts-internationa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ling G. LeBeau, Syracuse University Steven Schaffling, Syracuse University. Academic advising is not just another compartmentalized campus service but serves as the “hub of the wheel” (Habley, 1994) b…
https://nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Academic-Advising-Today/Vie…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ling Gao LeBeau is Director of International Student Success at Syracuse University.Schaffling has over 18 years of academic student support experience with a special focus on academic and career advi…
https://artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/student-success/interna…
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Claim 12: “Awareness of tutoring and writing center resources increased from 74% to 100%.”
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Claim 13: “Syracuse's five-pillar model: prearrival academic coaching, peer mentoring, adviser training, academic intervention and communication.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific five pillars of the model.
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Claim 14: “Satisfaction with the peer mentoring program rose sharply, from 38% of students reporting the highest level of satisfaction in fall 2021 to 87% in fall 2024.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific satisfaction percentages (38% to 87%) for the peer mentoring program.
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Claim 15: “Students who engaged actively with their peer mentors maintained average GPAs between 3.34 and 3.48”
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Claim 16: “No students reported dissatisfaction in any of the four cohort years.”
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Claim 17: “the International Student Success Model, launched by the Office of Academic and Career Advising/Office of Student Success in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs”
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Multiple sources confirm the model was launched by the Office of Academic and Career Advising/Office of Student Success within the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — International students or exchange students, also known as foreign students, are students who undertake all or part of their secondary or tertiary education in a country other than their own. In 2023,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Model United Nations (MUN), also known as Model UN, is an academic activity consisting of an educational simulation of the United Nations (UN). Participating students represent a country or organizati…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Success is the state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It may be viewed as the opposite of failure. The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particul…
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