International
Tim’s Tips: ‘A Voice Out There to Raise Up Our Concern as International Students’
May 22, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education ‘A Voice Out There to Raise Up Our Concern as International Students’ By Karin Fischer When Danilo Tchoupe arrived to study in the United States from Cameroon five years ago, no one showed up to greet him at the airport. Alone in a strange country, on New [...]
Tim’s Tips: Homeland Security Updates Systems to Address Visa Issues
Homeland Security Updates Systems to Address Visa Issues Inside Higher Education May 22, 2013 – 3:00am NAFSA: Association of International Educators has issued an update to its members regarding new procedures in place to verify Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status at border checkpoints. NAFSA reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has [...]
Tim’s Tips: An Asian-American Studies Professor Responds
An Asian-American Studies Professor Responds Inside Higher Education May 20, 2013 – 2:59am By David Palumbo-Liu To Jonathan Marks: As your “open letter” last week about a proposed boycott of Israel addresses “professors of Asian-American studies,” and since I am one, I feel entitled to reply to you in kind. I thank the editors of [...]
Tim’s Tips: Report Explores Opportunities for Syrian Refugee Students and Scholars
Report Explores Opportunities for Syrian Refugee Students and Scholars Inside Higher Education May 17, 2013 – 3:00am A new preliminary report on the situation facing Syrian refugee students and scholars, based on fieldwork in Jordan, finds that displaced students are deterred from entering Jordanian universities by higher tuition, fees, and living costs that put the [...]
Tim’s Tips: Citing Concerns on Syria, Florida State Cancels Israel Program
Citing Concerns on Syria, Florida State Cancels Israel Program Inside Higher Education May 17, 2013 – 3:00am Florida State University has canceled a summer study abroad program to Israel due to concerns about “escalating military action between Israel and Syria,” the Tallahassee Democrat reported. A university spokesman, Keith Bromery, said the decision only affects this summer’s [...]
Tim’s Tips: Should San Jose Have Defended Prof Under Attack?
Should San Jose State Have Defended Prof Under Attack? Inside Higher Education May 17, 2013 – 4:16am The Middle East Studies Association is charging that San Jose State University has failed to stand up for a professor under political attack. The association on Thursday released a letter it sent to Mohammad Qayoumi, the university’s president, [...]
Tim’s Tips: ‘Koyaanisqatsi’ in China
‘Koyaanisqatsi’ in China May 15, 2013, 12:00 pm The Chronicle of Higher Education By Jonathan Levine About halfway through my first semester teaching American culture and society at Tsinghua University, cradle of Chinese leadership, a student asked me if we could watch a movie—something about “American culture.” It was in this way that I stumbled [...]
Tim’s Tips: Senate Panel Weighs Student Visa Amendments
Senate Panel Weighs Student Visa Amendments Inside Higher Education May 15, 2013 – 3:00am The Senate Judiciary Committee considering the comprehensive immigration reform bill approved an amendment proposed by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Grassley 69, which would crack down on fraudulent colleges and require accreditation for higher education institutions enrolling international students…. http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/05/15/senate-panel-weighs-student-visa-amendments
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: Beyond Study Abroad
Beyond Study Abroad Inside Higher Education May 14, 2013 – 3:00am By Elizabeth Redden The University of Pennsylvania is like most colleges and universities in wanting to increase the number of its students with international experiences. But while many institutions have focused on increasing their study abroad numbers — and a select few colleges and [...]
