Policy Monitor

WGN Radio: Study abroad adds value to resumes
Lisa Heyn
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 09:23

In a recent interview on WGN Radio, Rajika Bhandari, the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Deputy Vice President of Research and Evaluation, and radio host Mike McConnell discussed the value study abroad adds to students’ resumes and agreed that overseas experience makes them more attractive to future employers.

McConnell recalled his own daughter’s personal experience:

Texas Senator pushes for more visas for Silicon Valley companies
Mark Overmann
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:41

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is expected to unveil legislation this week to address “demands from high-tech companies for a relaxation of restrictions on foreign graduate students and technicians,” CQ.com reports (subscribers only). Cornyn’s bill may draw from several bi-partisan measures that have already been proposed:

More international STEM students now eligible for OPT extension
Mark Overmann
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:26

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced last week an expanded list of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) designated-degree programs that qualify eligible graduates on student visas for an optional practical training (OPT) extension, NAFSA: Association of International Educators reports.

Policy Monitor Weekly Digest, May 7 – May 11
Lisa Heyn
Fri, 05/11/2012 - 16:08

► The Alliance welcomed our new Administrative Intern, Sergei Klindukhov from Lviv, Ukraine.

Guardian: UK students increasingly studying abroad for experience and competitiveness
Lisa Heyn
Fri, 05/11/2012 - 15:09

A growing number of students from the U.K. are considering pursuing a degree abroad, driven by a combination of the increasingly globalized graduate employment market and rising tuition fees in the UK, the Guardian recently reported.

Federal Register since 05/04/2012
Lisa Heyn
Fri, 05/11/2012 - 10:20

Below please find the listing of Federal Register announcements issued by the U.S. Departments of State, Education, and Homeland Security, and USAID since 05/04/12.

New SWT rule appears in Federal Register
Mark Overmann
Fri, 05/11/2012 - 09:27

The new Interim Final Rule (IFR) for the Summer Work Travel (SWT) program, released by the Department of State on the ECA website last Friday, appears in today’s Federal Register (FR). The full FR notice can be accessed online here.

40 U.S. college students to serve as “ambassadors” at World Expo in S. Korea
Mark Overmann
Thu, 05/10/2012 - 10:05

Forty American students from 31 different universities will serve as “a ‘public face’ for the U.S. as it seeks to promote people-to-people exchanges with visitors” during the 2012 World Expo in Yeosu, Korea, which starts this Saturday and runs until August 12. The Korea Times reports that the American students will “greet visitors, government officials and other dignitaries as well as provide administrative, protocol and programming support.”

House funds exchanges at $586.957 million for FY13
Mark Overmann
Wed, 05/09/2012 - 09:00

The House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee funded educational and cultural exchange programs at $586.957 million for FY 2013, exactly even with the President’s FY13 request and approximately 2 per cent below the final FY 2012 appropriation for exchanges of $598.8 million.

Clinton announces new exchange initiatives with China; Chicago Public Schools students to travel to China
Mark Overmann
Mon, 05/07/2012 - 15:49

Last Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong “hailed the importance of people-to-people engagement during the third annual U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE),” according to a media note released by the Department of State.

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