The dawn of the age of globalization has brought forth the trend in cross-border mobility of population, more specifically for educational purposes, commerce, employment opportunities, and relocation. These phenomena fostered the development of a more diverse culture and multi-language global society. In Taiwan, an increase in international students is observed. In addition, the recent heightened volume of new migrant spouses has triggered the rise in emphasis on cross-cultural related researches. However, most studies are geared towards the cross-cultural adaptability of the visiting individual. In light of these issues, this case study details an empirical analysis of the cross-cultural norms of a host country's individuals.Participants are 100 randomly selected English as Foreign Language (EFL) students of a Science and Technology University in Taiwan. The mixed-method research paradigm was adapted, with focus-group interviews accomplished to gather insights from Taiwanese students regarding the factors that influenced their cross-cultural flexibility. A survey questionnaire was then generated from the focus-group results and later administered to the participants. Descriptive data analyses were accomplished using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, while the multivariate analysis method Structured Equation Modeling (SEM) was achieved using the Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) software to analyze the causal relationships between the students' campus environment and cross-cultural norms. Results show that the students' exposure to a cross-cultural accepting environment has greatly enhanced their cross-cultural sensitivity and flexibility. In addition, results of SEM show a significant path from the students' campus environment, individual perspective, and cross-cultural flexibility. Implications suggest that EFL students in Taiwan should be exposed to more cross-cultural opportunities, in order to enhance their cross-cultural competencies.

The recent rise in the importance of fostering students' holistic development has led to various curricular changes. Universities in Taiwan have slowly transformed their general education curriculum to include the development of various competencies. However still, recent statistics have shown that universities in Taiwan, while pushing for quantity, educational quality are neglected. It is important that as Taiwan's universities transform into global institutions of learning, emphasis should be placed not only on the quantity of students, but also towards the quality of graduates. With this in mind, this paper will showcase the development and validation of a set of traits that are crucial for future Taiwanese graduates.Participants in the trait-development stage are twenty experts comprised of school administrators, educators, researchers, and industry professionals, while the validation stage consists of 398 university students. Brainstorming sessions were organized wherein ideas with regard to the important traits that teachers should impart to students were generated. The structured conceptualization method of concept mapping and a mixed-method participatory approach that combined group processes with a sequence of multivariate statistical analyses were used to summarize the complex group discussions accomplished by the participants. In addition, Confirmatory Factor Analysis was used to validate the proposed traits. Results show that future graduates need to possess six major traits, namely: study skills, life skills, utilitarianism, compassion, synergy, and global vision. Within these major traits, 20 different characteristics are also found. Implications are then given on how and why educators should focus on developing such traits.