This study explores the phenomenon of discrimination as it pertains to the experiences of international students studying in Southeast Louisiana. This qualitative study seeks to answer the questions of where and how international students perceive discrimination, and how discrimination affects a student's overall experience as a foreign student in the United States. The intent of this research study is to address the sizable gap in the literature on perceived discrimination towards international students, and introduces specific concepts from critical theory in developing a formal conceptual framework model for continued research in this area. Utilizing the concept of sites of struggle as a conceptual framework, eleven international students studying in Southeast Louisiana were interviewed about their perceptions of discrimination from within three areas of interest: federal regulations, educational arena, and social arena. Their responses are presented using their own words via verbatim transcripts of the interview sessions. A discussion of the respondents' experiences and its significance to their perceptions of discrimination within the three areas of interest follows. Implications for policy, practice, and research, along with suggestions for future research conclude this study.

This dissertation focuses on the relationship between the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on symbols of economic and military power in the United States and the internationalization agenda of colleges and universities. The construct, “post-9/11 syndrome,” is used metaphorically to delineate the apparent state of panic and disequilibrium that followed the incident. Three research questions were investigated, with two universities in the Miami-area of South Florida, one private and the other public, as qualitative case studies. The questions are: (a) How are international student advisors and administrators across two institutional types dealing with the “post-9/11 syndrome?” (b) What, if any, are the differences in international education after 9/11? (c) What have been the institutional priorities in relation to international education before and after 9/11? Data-gathering methods included interviews with international student/study abroad advisors and administrators with at least 8 years of experience in the international education function at their institutions, review of relevant documents, and analysis of each institution’s international student and study abroad data bases. The interviews were based on the three-part scheme developed by Schuman (1982): context of experience, details of experience and reflection on the meaning of experiences. Data collection and analysis for each institution were conducted simultaneously. Taped interviews, researcher insights, and member checks of transcripts were preserved as an audit trail to provide support for the integrity and consistency of my findings. Key findings include a progressive decline in fall to fall enrollment at the University of Miami by 13.05% in the 5 years after 9/11, and by 6.15% at FIU in the 7 post-9/11 years. In both institutions, there was an upsurge in interest in study abroad during the same period, with heavy concentration in Europe but less than 5% of enrolled students ventured abroad annually. I summarized the themes associated with the post-9/11 environment of international education as perceived by my participants at both institutions as 3Ms, 3Ts, and 1D: Menace of Anxiety and Fear; Menace of Insularity and Insecurity; Menace of Over-regulation and Bigotry; Trajectory of Opportunity; Trajectory of Contradictions; Trajectory of Illusion, Fatalism and Futility; and Dominance of Technology. Based on these findings, I recommended an integrated Internationalization At Home Plus Collaborative Outreach (IAHPCO) approach to internationalization, predicated on a post-9/11 recalibration of national security and international education as complementary rather than diametrically opposed concepts.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University / The influx of international graduate students in science and engineering to the U.S. has changed since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The implementation of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) and related F-1 visa policies have required a higher level of scrutiny of the student visa procedures, and introduced strict student monitoring policies and measures. In addition, the SEVIS monitoring and compliance system has altered the operation of international student service offices, affected the students they serve, and the operation of the universities enrolling international students. This study investigated the effects of SEVIS on graduate programs in science and engineering and their students. Information was gathered from respondents from the 60 universities having the highest population of intemational students in these fields, according to NSF. Respondents included department administrators, admissions officials, and SEVIS professionals. Data V111 were collected from 75 on-line survey respondents and in 21 semi-structured interviews. The results of this study suggest that many international students are negatively affected by SEVIS, impacting their ability to remain in-status and to understand how the system works. To counter this, department administrators, SEVIS professionals, and student advisors have increased their level of support for these students, providing them guidance on how to remain in-status and how to improve their social and academic experience in the United States. As a result, relatively few international students are deported for falling out-of-status in SEVIS. The data also made clear that program administrators and admissions officials have little knowledge about SEVIS, F -1 visa policies, and their influence on international enrollments. Finally, this study provided evidence of an increased workload for international student advisors and SEVIS professionals. Universities have had to hire additional staff, increase their information technology investment in linking home-grown student service systems with SEVIS, and proactively anticipate any hurdles that international students may have and resolve them as expeditiously as possible. / 2999-01-01

Šiame magistro baigiamajame darbe išsamiai analizuojama vienos valstybės ribas peržengiančio įmonių jungimosi problematika Europos Sąjungoje ir Lietuvoje. Nagrinėjami trys vienos valstybės ribas peržengiančio jungimosi būdai: vienos valstybės ribas peržengiantis įmonių jungimasis vadovaujantis Europos Bendrijų Teisingumo Teismo sprendimu SEVIC byloje, vienos valstybės ribas peržengiantis akcinių bendrovių jungimasis pagal ES Tarybos Reglamentą 2157/2001 ir vienos valstybės ribas peržengiantis ribotos atsakomybės bendrovių jungimasis pagal Dešimtąją direktyvą ir juos įgyvendinančius nacionalinius teisės aktus. Darbą sudaro keturi skyriai. Pirmajame skyriuje aptariamos dvi vyraujančios teorijos dėl įmonėms taikytinos teisės, t.y. inkorporacijos ir realios buveinės teorijos, ir analizuojamas šių teorijų poveikis vienos valstybės ribas peržengiančiam jungimuisi. Prieinama prie išvados, jog būtent nuo to, kokios valstybės teisė bus taikoma konkrečiai įmonei, didžia dalimi, kiek to nereglamentuoja atitinkami Europos Sąjungos teisės aktai, priklausys ir pats jungimasis, t.y. tokie klausimai kaip kreditorių, akcininkų, obligacijų turėtojų ir darbuotojų teisių apsauga ir pan. Antrajame skyriuje vienos valstybės ribas peržengiantis įmonių jungimasis analizuojamas Europos Bendrijų Teisingumo Teismo sprendimo SEVIC byloje kontekste ir prieinama prie išvados, jog vienos valstybės ribas peržengiančiame jungimesi turi teisę dalyvauti visos įmonės, kaip jos apibrėžtos Europos Bendrijų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The issues of company’s cross-border mergers in European Union and Lithuania are thoroughly analyzed in this master thesis. Three cross-border merger ways are scrutinized herein: cross-border mergers of the companies pursuant to the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in SEVIC case, cross-border mergers of the public limited liability companies pursuant to EU Council Regulation 2157/2001, and cross-border mergers of the limited liability companies pursuant to Tenth Directive and pursuant to national legal acts implementing above European Union legal acts. The thesis is composed of four sections. Two prevailing theories on issues of applicable law to companies, i.e. incorporation and real seat theories, and its effect to cross-border mergers are discussed in the first section. It is approached herein to the conclusion that cross-border mergers largely depend exactly on the law of the state applicable to company in so far as European Union legal acts prescribe otherwise, i.e. such issues like the creditors, shareholders, debenture holders, and employees rights protection and etc. Cross-border mergers of companies in the context of the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in SEVIC case are analyzed in the second section and it is approached to the conclusion herein that all companies as they are described in Article 48 of the Treaty Establishing European Community are entitled to participate in cross-border mergers with the... [to full text]