HOW THE WAR ON TERROR IS DAMAGING THE BRAIN POOL

摘要

Malaysian engineering students have long flocked to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N. Y. It used to take about two weeks for an entering freshman from the mostly Muslim nation to get a student visa, but last year, 20 Malaysian freshmen had to wait six months before receiving their visas, forcing them to miss the fall semester. "This is a very difficult time," says RPI assistant dean of students Jane D. Havis. "I'm telling foreign students not to go home this summer if it means they need to apply for a new visa stamp."