UEA concern on overseas student plans

NORWICH, UK–The University of East Anglia (UEA) is in danger of losing its cherished place among the elite for student satisfaction levels because it is “gambling everything” on its pursuit of overseas students and their money, it was claimed last night. UEA was last week named second only to full story

Program Gives a Crash Course on Life in the U.S.

DALLAS, TX–UT Dallas has launched a program to help new international students in their transition to life in the United States. The recent debut of International Student Success Training was a daylong event that offered resources to more than 200 international students. Topics ranged from culture to classroom and career management. full story

UCA’s international enrollment largest ever

CONWAY, AR–For the first time in UCA’s 101-year history, international enrollment has exceeded 500 students. In total, 576 international students are enrolled for the Fall 2008 semester. This represents a 23 percent increase over Fall 2007 semester figures and is part of a four-year trend of a growing international student population. “International students come to study full story

Bilingual Education Now in Washoe County

RENO, NV–If you want your kids to be bilingual, now there’s a chance to do just that in Washoe County. This year, Jessie Beck Elementary School in Reno launched the district’s first bilingual program. Half the kids in the kindergarten class are native English speakers; the other half speaks mostly Spanish. full story

ESL classes filling up as district grows

SALT LAKE CITY, UT–On the first day of school, seven ninth- through 11th-grade students showed up for Alejandro Lopez’ fifth-period English as a Second Language class at Tooele High School. The class was mixed, in terms of nationalities and English language abilities, although fairly homogenous in terms full story

Report: English Learners Need School Support

LAS VEGAS, NV–Students who need to learn English as a second language are not getting the support they need in the Nevada school system. That’s according to a new report by the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. “Gambling on the Future: Managing the Education Challenges of Rapid Growth in Nevada” was  full story

International students accepted, but do not enroll

ST. LOUIS, MO–One of 21 accepted Ecuadorian students enrolled at Webster University for the fall 2008 semester, according to the international recruitment office. At least two currently enrolled Ecuadorian students said that an incident involving an international student caused 20 students to
not enroll. A Resident Assistant, Alvaro “Covi” Coronel, a junior international relations major, was fired. full story

Federal civil rights investigators inspect three high schools’ ESL progress

PORTLAND, OR–Federal civil rights investigators are once again looking into how Portland Public Schools teaches its students who don’t speak English. Two community activists who claim the district isn’t doing enough to help them, Marta Guembes and Richard Luccetti, filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil full story