Here at Boston Universities Center for English Language and Orientation ESL programs like mine have been caught in a Faustian compromise. When Unfortunately, most English as a Second Language programs, even ones Well, it looks like we better start sending out slews of resumes again, A new study says the number of foreign students attending U.S. colleges The Institute of International Education said tightened visa procedures Foreign students started experiencing delays entering the country in Educators here and abroad say it appears overseas schools are benefiting Australia showed similar increases.<\/p>\n from CNN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a story that affects the Dowbrigade directly, as the education of foreign students has been our professional focus going on 25 years now. Since 9\/11, the panorama has been grim. Here at Boston Universities Center for English Language … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/aabroad.gif\")
This
\n is a story that affects the Dowbrigade directly, as the education of
\n foreign students has been our professional focus going on 25 years now.
\n Since 9\/11, the panorama has been grim.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Programs, our enrollment has been cut in half as visa restrictions have
\n been tightened and students have been frightened away by xenophobic rethoric
\n and regulations. We have lost virtually all of our Middle Eastern students
\n (surprize), previously our second biggest geographic concentration (after
\n Asia).<\/em><\/p>\n
\n the new visa policy tightening control on foreign students was instituted
\n shortly after the 9\/11 attacks, American higher education freaked out,
\n because a significant percentage of US colleges RELY on foreign students
\n to make ends meet. Most of the imports pay full tuition, and get no grants,
\n scholarships or loans, making them prime customers for the higher ed
\n industry. The less-than-Solomonic solution instituted by the new Homeland
\n Security folks was to continue the relatively easy visa issuance policies
\n for degree-granting college and University programs, while making things
\n very difficult for non-degree granting institutions like cooking schools,
\n hairdressers institutes, flight schools (duhh!), tractor-trailer training
\n institutes and other like-minded paragons of academic integrity commonly
\n found on matchbook covers but which, under the old regulations, were
\n just as able to grant the coveted I-20 Student Visas as august Harvard
\n University.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n integrated into major American Universities like my own, do not grant
\n degrees, and therefore were lumped in with the tractor-trailer schools.
\n As a result we have seen enrollement, teaching hours and income dwindle
\n rapidly. Many long-time professionals in the field (like the Dowbrigade)
\n are hanging on for dear life, cutting budgetary corners, canceling services
\n and subscriptions, leaving bills unpaid, and hoping things would loosen
\n up soon.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n to places like Australia, China and Iraq, where I understand they are
\n looking
\n for qualified teachers of English. Check out this just-relaeased study
\n from the Institute of International Education.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n increased by less than 1 percent in 2002-03 — the lowest growth rate
\n in seven years. It’s just the latest piece of evidence that international
\n students are shying away from the United States because of tough immigration
\n rules. <\/p>\n
\n enacted after the 2001 terrorist attacks, which have delayed the entry
\n of many foreigners into the United States, contributed to the low growth
\n rate.<\/p>\n
\n the wake of the terrorist attacks on Washington and New York, as the
\n federal government responded to calls for tighter domestic security.
\n One of the September 11 hijackers held a student visa.
\n U.S. schools want foreign students both for the revenue they bring in
\n — the IIE said international students spend up to $12 billion annually
\n between tuition and other expenses — and their contributions to academic
\n research.<\/p>\n
\n from the U.S. crackdown.For instance, the number of Chinese students
\n enrolling in British institutions rose by over 36 percent this year,
\n according to the United Kingdom’s
\n Universities & Colleges Admissions Service. Enrollment of students
\n from India in British colleges increased by 16 percent.<\/p>\n