Some experiences are predictably transformative.
The opportunity to be an international exchange student twice in high school and once as an undergraduate, together with the privilege of studying abroad at Oxford as a professional make my life a testimony to the permanent significance of quality student exchange opportunities.
The Association of American Universities and the American Association for the Advancement of Science are leading a coalition of 40 organizations who recognize the crucial importance to the United States of student and researcher exchange.
They have made public their concern through several proposals.
Proposals:
- extending the validity of visas for foreign scholars to the duration of their academic appointments
- allowing academics and engineers to renew their visas in the United States
- allowing multiple entries to the country on a single visa
- abolishing the requirement that foreign researchers must obtain export licenses to buy unclassified equipment
Source: http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050519-044459-4616r.htm
Posted by rollingrains at June 6, 2005 04:53 PM