TITLE: Tracking International Students in Higher Education: Policy Options and Implications for Students

CIS-NO: 2002-H341-37  
SOURCE: Committee on Education and the Workforce. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Oct. 31, 2001  
LENGTH: vi+203 p. il.  
CONG-SESS: 107-1  
ITEM-NO: 1015-A; 1015-B  
SUDOC: Y4.ED8/1:107-36  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-28499-1.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-36. Hearing before the Subcom on Select Education and the Subcom on 21st Century Competitiveness to examine the regulation of foreign students enrolled in higher education programs at U.S. institutions, and to review policy recommendations to enhance security of international student programs, in light of findings that some individuals responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. may have held student visas.
 
Supplementary material (p. 69-203) includes witnesses' written statements and written replies to Subcom questions, submitted statements, and:
   -- Davis, Todd M. (Inst of Intl Educ), "Open Doors: Report on International Educational Exchange" with tables (p. 154-168).

CONTENT-NOTATION: Student visa requirements and procedures, security issues review

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON SELECT EDUCATION. HOUSE;  COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; STUDENTS; PASSPORTS AND VISAS; EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES; SECURITY; TERRORISM; STATISTICAL DATA: EDUCATION

02-H341-37 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Oct. 31, 2001 p. 8-52, 79-103, 109-130
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   RYAN, MARY A. (Assistant Secretary, Consular Affairs, Department of State)
   BECRAFT, MICHAEL (Acting Deputy Commissioner, INS)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Overview of visa clearance procedures and tracking policy for foreign students; explanation of eligibility requirements for foreign student admittance; examination of proposal to enhance foreign student regulation with student tracking programs; issues related to role of academic community in regulation of foreign students.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Student visa requirements and procedures, security issues review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE; DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
 
02-H341-37 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Oct. 31, 2001 p. 53-68, 169-202
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   WARD, DAVID (President, American Council on Education)
   HANSON, GAIL S. (Vice President, Student Services, American University)
   BEATTY, JULIA (President, U. S. Student Association)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Overview of college and university admissions procedures for international students; issues related to college and university roles as monitors of foreign student enrollment; recommendations to facilitate cooperation between INS and academic community in foreign student tracking efforts; recommendations to enhance security of student visa system.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Student visa requirements and procedures, security issues review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION; AMERICAN UNIVERSITY; U. S. STUDENT ASSOCIATION

LOAD-DATE: February 3, 2003