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International

Spending on Sevis

Spending on Sevis New system to track international student enrollment leaves educators stressed, while the federal government reports its successBy Kendra HamiltonIt’s been a bruising year for everyone involved with international education. And no one in the community of international educators can yet breathe a sigh of relief, because soon colleges and universities, trade schools, […]

September 10, 2003

International

Lawmaker Calls for More Training To Improve Student Visa Program

Lawmaker Calls for More Training To Improve Student Visa Program By Charles Dervarics College and federal employees need more training to make the nation’s new student visa system work effectively, says a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Amid mounting concern about the new Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), the U.S. House of […]

May 7, 2003

African-American

Creating a Trans-Atlantic Agenda on Race

Creating a Trans-Atlantic Agenda on Race By Ronald RoachWASHINGTONAcademic officials and policy-makers from the United States and the European Commission convened the first two of three planned conferences last month aimed at solving problems of racial discrimination and xenophobia in Europe and the United States. Although organizers say the conferences grew largely out of a […]

November 6, 2002

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Bill to Create New Visa Category Gets Endorsement

Bill to Create New Visa Category Gets EndorsementBy Charles Dervarics Congress may yet finish work this year on a bill to help part-time students from Mexico and Canada who want to take courses at U.S. colleges. The House in mid-October approved a bill to create a new visa category for these students, who find themselves […]

November 6, 2002

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‘Border Commuter’ Students to Face Increased Scrutiny

‘Border Commuter’ Students to Face Increased ScrutinyStudents from Mexico who travel across the border regularly to attend college classes in the United States soon will face increased scrutiny unless Congress acts quickly.The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service has said it will begin enforcement of an existing statute that, in effect, would require these so-called border […]

September 11, 2002

Students

Cultural Immersion

Cultural ImmersionBlack Issues associate editor experiences first-hand the benefits of studying abroad during a weeklong trip to Strasbourg, FranceKnowing what I know now, there is no way I would have finished my undergraduate degree without studying abroad for some period of time during those four years — a semester, a year, or even two weeks […]

August 14, 2002

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Scholars Work to Reduce Crimes Against Hispanics in North Carolina

Scholars Work to Reduce Crimes Against Hispanics in North CarolinaCHAPEL HILL, N.C.Crimes against Hispanics in North Carolina jumped as much as 500 percent between 1993 and 1998, according to some estimates. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University have teamed up to examine why Hispanics, whose percentage […]

March 13, 2002

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My Illegal Status Shouldn’t Keep Me from Learning

My Illegal Status Shouldn’t Keep Me from LearningBy Luz Suarez(Editor’s Note: Luz is a pseudonym. The writer’s name has been changed to protect her identity.)I have a secret that I am afraid to share with anyone but my closest friends: I don’t have papers; I’m an undocumented immigrant.My father abandoned our family when I was […]

September 26, 2001

Community Colleges

Legislation Would Flatten Barriers for Undocumented Students

Legislation Would Flatten Barriers for Undocumented StudentsBy Kristina LaneWASHINGTON Under bills recently introduced by state and federal lawmakers, it would be significantly easier for some illegal immigrants to afford a college education — and for the colleges to afford the students.Two bills, one passed by the Texas state legislature and another introduced in the U.S. […]

July 4, 2001

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Hispanic Advocates Seek College Aid for North Carolina Illegal Immigrants

Hispanic Advocates Seek College Aid for North Carolina Illegal ImmigrantsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Advocates for North Carolina’s Hispanic population are pressing for changes that would make illegal immigrants eligible for admission and reduced-rate tuition at public universities. Federal law requires North Carolina and other states to educate illegal immigrants through high school without questioning their residency status. […]

April 25, 2001

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Researching Your African American Roots

Researching Your African American RootsP eople of African American descent often face challenges when they try to trace their ancestors. However, African Americans can use the same basic steps that other cultural groups use to get started before they conduct more specialized searches. Then they can access special records to trace ancestors who might have […]

January 31, 2001

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Six Minorities Among MacArthur ‘Geniuses’

Six Minorities Among MacArthur ‘Geniuses’CHICAGO — Officials at the John D. Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have announced their 2000 Fellowships — also known as the “genius” awards. The fellowship is a five-year grant to individuals of all ages and from all fields and offers recipients flexibility to pursue their work without reporting requirements.Individuals cannot apply […]

July 5, 2000