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The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically altered life at higher education institutions in the US. International students were particularly affected because they lack the community and support structures upon which other stakeholder groups could rely. International student experiences of the pandemic may have been further exacerbated by uncertain immigration policies, their perceptions of more successful containment of the virus abroad, and xenophobia in the public discourse. This phenomenological study documents the experiences of international students in US higher education during the pandemic to determine how they adapted, how they were shaped, and how their attitudes toward study abroad in the US may have changed. It seeks to introduce the voices of these students to the scholarly literature. The findings reveal a sense of chaos, an aversion to online instruction, a lack of non-academic support form institutions, and a tarnished, but still attractive image of the US as a destination for study abroad.

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically altered life at higher education institutions in the US. International students were particularly affected because they lack the community and support structures upon which other stakeholder groups could rely. International student experiences of the pandemic may have been further exacerbated by uncertain immigration policies, their perceptions of more successful containment of the virus abroad, and xenophobia in the public discourse. This phenomenological study documents the experiences of international students in US higher education during the pandemic to determine how they adapted, how they were shaped, and how their attitudes toward study abroad in the US may have changed. It seeks to introduce the voices of these students to the scholarly literature. The findings reveal a sense of chaos, an aversion to online instruction, a lack of non-academic support form institutions, and a tarnished, but still attractive image of the US as a destination for study abroad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Modification of the fabric is one of the best routes to improve the affinity between dye and fabric. In this paper research work has been presented wherein sericin treatment was given to cotton fabric using optimized variables. Treated and untreated fabrics were dyed using natural dye manjistha (Rubia cordifolia). Colour fastness properties were evaluated employing BIS standard tests. Effect of sericin treatment on hue, value and intensity of the colour of dye was investigated by calculating CIE LAB values. The cotton fabrics treated with sericin not only provided better depth of shade but also provided better fastness ratings than the untreated fabrics when dyed with Manjistha. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]