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Foreign student scrutiny
Email: Harvey Black - hblack@chorus.net News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20021021-06
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According to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), students from nations that sponsor terrorism could be learning in American universities the very skills they need to harm the US later on. To address this potential threat, OSTP is proposing a special panel to review visa applications from would-be students of "sensitive" science — a change from current policy, under which the State Department performs background checks on such visa applicants — and some worry, a possible threat to learning and research.
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