College Admission News: International

Summary: Students have come from Nigeria, Mongolia, Estonia, South Africa, Germany and Taiwan.

Summary: IU announced Monday that the number of first-year students will top the previous record of 7,259 set in the fall of 2006. Officials say the average SAT scores of the freshmen are higher, and the number of minority and international students in the freshman class also appears to have grown. Those students will be moved to regular rooms as they become available.

Summary: Most students this year are from China and Korea. Students get instruction in written and oral English. For foreign students, American work experience was a big draw.

Summary: Advice for student travelers and parents Be prepared. It will go a long way in avoiding serious trouble. Passports are required to enter and leave most foreign countries. Finding a program The Council for Standards on International Educational Travel keeps a database of study-abroad programs that meet certain standards.

Summary: Regulations governing the M visa appear at 8 CFR 214.2(m). DHS is also responsible for the security-related screening of all alien flight training candidates. Such sponsors will have access to SEVIS to manage their existing program participants, but will not be able to initiate new programs after December 31, 2009. Stanley S. Colvin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Private Sector Exchange, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc.

Summary: ...student visas, exchanges and places for students and faculty to live during their stays. "There is someone who has to take care of the logistics of this occurring, and if we need to set up sort of a trade thing between entrepreneurs here and entrepreneurs there, we would use the FIPSE grant to be able to do that," Boham said. "It's a way to keep from using our resources to do that." Although Boham said it may be fall 2009 before the concept comes to fruition, there are possible...

Summary: ...international students seeking admission to WVU as freshmen increased from 239 in 2007 to 295 in 2008 -- an increase of more than 23 percent. Of those, about 191 international students have been accepted to date for fall 2008 admission -- a hike of about 70 students (or 58 percent) over the number of international students who had been admitted at this point last year. Michael Wilhelm, director of WVU's Office of International Students and Scholars, said WVU's Office of Student...

Summary: International Summer Villages. This summer, Ms. Hays, 22, is directing a global village for the organization in Chattanooga, where 48 children from 12 countries have come together to gain an international perspective. Hundreds of Children International "global villages" grow around the world every summer. These children arrived in Chattanooga last Sunday and will stay for four weeks. For many of the youngsters, all 11 years old, it is their first trip to America and certainly to...

Summary: Instead, students are increasingly opting for nontraditional destinations in Asia, Africa and South America. Seven students are going to Mexico, two to Costa Rica and one to Argentina. Surveys suggest that money is the primary obstacle for minority and low-income students.