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Leadership & Policy

American University Assists Nigeria

American University Assists Nigeria In Establishing U.S.-Style UniversityBy Phaedra BrothertonWASHINGTONNext September Nigerian students will be able to get an American-style college education right in their own country. With the help of management and academic advice from American University (AU) in Washington, D.C., the new university will also look to attract students from other African countries […]

A Pathway to the Presidency

A Pathway to the PresidencyStudent affairs professionals are increasingly moving into the top job on college campuses By Kendra HamiltonIf you took a random sampling of student affairs professionals, they’d all agree: without the work they do with students, campus functions would simply grind to a halt. “Student affairs professionals spend 80 percent of their time […]

Becoming a Citizen of the World

Becoming a Citizen of the WorldBy Karen JenkinsW.E.B. Du Bois, one of the leading intellectuals of the 20th century, was unwavering in his commitment to the equality of the colored peoples of the world. An intellectual giant and a life-long agitator, Du Bois devoted his life to ensuring that the majority of the people in […]

Faculty & Staff

Restoring a Ruptured Relationship

Restoring a Ruptured RelationshipBarnard College’s Caryl Phillips’ senior english seminar focuses on broken international connections and culminates with a trans-Atlantic journey By Crystal L. KeelsMillions of African people who were captured, kidnapped and shackled for sale as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade first passed through Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, West Africa. They stepped […]

Leadership & Policy

Reversing the Tide

International EducationReversing the TideA complex visa process has contributed to a decline in the number of international students coming to the country since 9/11By Dahna Chandler In January, Humphrey Tusimiirwe, a native of Uganda, finally realized his dream of pursuing a psychology degree at a U.S. university. What he didn’t realize, however, was how arduous […]

Foreign Student Visa Process Clumsy

Foreign Student Visa Process Clumsy And Cumbersome, Educators SayBy Garry BoulardVisa requirements imposed on foreign students since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are confusing, redundant and causing more problems than they solve, witnesses appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said last month. They noted that if current policy trends continue, many students — particularly […]

Pushing the Walls of the Classroom Aside

Pushing the Walls of the Classroom AsideWe talk about being a part of the “global community” and how our country is “so diverse” so much that I wonder if we truly comprehend indeed how much our world is changing and what it all portends. The increasing diversity on our college campuses really hit me when […]

Demographics and Issues of Retention

Demographics and Issues of RetentionThe United States is “becoming a nation of multiple minorities with no majority group,” according to a recent study by the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. This demographic shift, therefore, poses opportunities and challenges to our national higher educational system.Higher education academicians are now concerned with issues of enrollment management; […]

Ottawa University Announces New International Partnership

Ottawa University Announces New International PartnershipOTTAWA, Kan.Ottawa University has partnered with SEG International BHD (SEGi), Malaysia’s largest private higher education provider, with more than 18,500 students in 14 campuses and six training centers throughout the country. As part of the partnership agreement, Ottawa University will provide a 13-month distance-learning program for working adults leading to […]

Faculty & Staff

AAUP Protest Barring of Muslim Scholar

AAUP Protest Barring of Muslim Scholar WASHINGTONThe American Association of University Professors (AAUP) recently protested the U.S. government’s action to revoke the work visa of Professor Tariq Ramadan, a citizen of Switzerland and well-known Muslim scholar who had been appointed to a faculty position at the University of Notre Dame beginning this fall. The State […]

Legislation Vies to Revitalize Foreign-Student Enrollment

Legislation Vies to Revitalize Foreign-Student EnrollmentBy Kristin BagnatoIn an effort to reverse declining enrollment by foreign students, Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., last month introduced legislation intended to ease some of the more burdensome aspects of the student visa process. As the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System — better known as Sevis — procedure stands […]

Berkeley’s ‘Best-Kept’ Secret

Berkeley’s ‘Best-Kept’ SecretNational summit seeks to involve youth in how communities are redeveloped By Pamela BurdmanBERKELEY, Calif.“I always planned to drop out of high school and have three kids,” exclaims a smiling young woman swaddling a baby. “I’ve always wanted to have asthma,” rejoices a corn-rowed teenager, standing in front of a construction site that […]

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