Immigration
Tim’s Tips: Amendment to Immigration Bill
Amendment to Immigration Bill Inside Higher Education May 22, 2013 – 3:00am An amendment approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee during the mark-up of the comprehensive immigration reform bill would allow undocumented students who entered the U.S. under age 16 and who are granted registered provisional immigrant status under the DREAM Act to qualify for [...]
Tim’s Tips: ‘Dreamers’ Could Receive Federal Student Loans Under Immigration Bill
May 21, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education ‘Dreamers’ Could Receive Federal Student Loans Under Immigration Bill By Lee Gardner Washington An amendment passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday added language to a pending immigration bill that would extend federal student loans, work-study funds, and other federal support to students who are in [...]
Tim’s Tips: Possible Amendments to Immigration Bill Worry International Educators
Possible Amendments to Immigration Bill Worry International Educators Inside Higher Education May 14, 2013 – 3:00am NAFSA: Association of International Educators is concerned about a series of proposed amendments to the comprehensive immigration reform bill that would, in the association’s words, place “unnecessary and counterproductive impediments in the way of foreign students who wish to [...]
Tim’s Tips: Should His Ph.D. Have Been Granted?
Should His Ph.D. Have Been Granted? Inside Higher Education May 13, 2013 – 3:00am By Scott Jaschik Debate over a new Heritage Foundation report critical of proposed change in immigration laws has set off scrutiny and criticism of Harvard University for approving a dissertation in 2009 by one of the report’s authors…. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/05/13/debate-report-immigration-leads-scrutiny-harvard-dissertation
Tim’s Tips: Minding America
April 22, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education Minding America By Peter Monaghan The first time Harel Shapira set foot inside a Minuteman camp, a member of the often-disparaged group threw him out. Then a doctoral student in sociology at Columbia University, Shapira persisted. The result is Waiting for José: The Minutemen’s Pursuit of America [...]
Tim’s Tips: Immigration Bill Includes DREAM Act, Visa Expansion
Immigration Bill Includes DREAM Act, Visa Expansion Inside Higher Education April 18, 2013 – 3:00am WASHINGTON — An immigration bill unveiled early Wednesday morning by a bipartisan Senate group would provide an expedited pathway to citizenship for young immigrants in the U.S. illegally and expand visas for highly educated workers. The bill — a compromise [...]
Tim’s Tips: Immigration Bill Would Ease Path to Citizenship and to Jobs for Immigrant Students
April 17, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education Immigration Bill Would Ease Path to Citizenship and to Jobs for Immigrant Students By Kelly Field Washington A bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators unveiled the outlines of a comprehensive immigration-reform bill on Tuesday that would speed the path to citizenship for students who are in the [...]
Tim’s Tips: Take a Tip From General Motors
April 8, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education Take a Tip From General Motors By Thomas C. Celli and Michelangelo C. Celli Higher education, and particularly the small liberal-arts college, faces a difficult future in the pricing arena. Colleges are giving bigger discounts on tuition, as they compete for a shrinking number of 18-year-olds. Those [...]
Tim’s Tips: Oregon Moves to In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
Oregon Moves to In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students Inside Higher Education March 22, 2013 – 3:00am The Oregon Senate on Thursday joined the House in approving a bill that would grant in-state tuition rates to undocumented students who graduated from high schools in the state, The Oregonian reported. Governor John Kitzhaber has said he will [...]
Tim’s Tips: Adjunct Fired and Arrested
Adjunct Fired and Arrested Inside Higher Education March 18, 2013 – 3:00am By Carl Straumsheim The University of Oregon has fired an adjunct law instructor, James L. Olmsted, after an altercation Thursday where Olmsted butted heads with members of the Students Against Imperialism, a pro-immigration organization. He was also arrested and charged with second-degree theft [...]
