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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, May 16, 1963
Foreign Students Face Rigid Requirements
(Part three in a four-part series)
By Vinay Kothari
Foreign students must fulfill three requirements before they are granted admission to an American college and university. They are proficiency in English, financial support, and adequate academic preparation.
Several examinations are given by the American consulates or the U.S. Information Service in other countries to measure the applicant's ability in English. Most of the examinations test a general knowledge of English grammar and form.
Sometimes a recommendation from a recognized school is enough.
A STUDENT MUST present evidence that his stay in the United States can be financed.
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In Independent semi-final action yesterday, Delta Function edged JRP, 4-2, and Chemistry defeated Stephenson Hall, 7-0.
The student's record is carefully evaluated before he is admitted to a U.S. school.
According to Dr. Clark Coan, foreign student advisor and assistant dean of men, the financial situation may change after the student comes to the U.S. The student must then find employment or to get a University loan.
"IN THIS TYPE of situation, the aids and awards office becomes very useful." Coan said.
Under the immigration rules and regulations, new students may not accept employment during their first semester at the University.
The permit from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service to work is usually granted if the student satisfies them that his present income is inadequate and if he continues to carry a full program of studies maintaining acceptable scholastic standing, Coan said.
COAN SAID admission of foreign students at KU is based on the assumption that they know English. Many foreign students, however, feel handicapped during their early stay because of language.
All entering foreign students at KU must take the Proficiency Examination in English for foreign students, Coan said.
The examination, he explained determines if the student's proficiency in the English language will allow him to carry a full program of University work. It also shows which courses are needed to bring
IF A NEED IS evident, the foreign students must take specially planned English courses offered by the English Department.
his knowledge of English to an acceptable level.
Foreign students have the maximum academic problems in first year because of the language difficulty and the change in education systems, according to Coan.
"It is very difficult for the foreign student-advisor to guide students in academic problems as there are so many different departments and fields." Coan said. "But each department provides an academic adviser for the foreign student and some departments provide experienced advisers."
HE SAID HE believes the special academic counselling is helpful to foreign students in adjusting to the American standard of education.
According to James M. Davis, past-president of the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers, foreign students have succeeded in a different educational system in a different culture environment and now they have to succeed in the American system and environment.
SPEAKING ABOUT the use of books and lectures, Davis has written in his research paper, "The South Asian has learned to note with great care the lectures because
books are scarce and the meat of the course is transmitted through the lectures.
"The continental European has learned to read widely because the examinations will be based upon the literature and he will adopt a casual attitude toward lecture attendance and content.
"It was unfair, says the South Asian, for the examination to include a question which was not covered in the lecture. It was unfair, says the continental European, for the examination to include a question which was covered only in the lecture."
DESPITE THE educational system, Coan reports, most of the KU foreign students improve their standard remarkably in a short period.
The foreign student advisor said many have "immigration problems." He said some of the immigration requirements look like problems to foreign students although they really aren't.
FOREIGN STUDENTS earning money in the United States are not exempted from income tax, unless specific treaties exempt citizens of certain nations.
Dean Coan said in addition to these academic, finance and immigration problems, foreign students have "social nature type" problems.
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He said, he doesn't tell students how to behave but shows different alternatives and possibilities. He said he tries to keep in mind the cultural background and the personality of the student before he gives any advice.
"Some questions asked by foreign students would seem very elementary or irrelevant to some people but they are very important to the student," he said. "They come to me because such questions are vital to their current well being."
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