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What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

The Hechinger Report

Several recent surveys show that employers need multilingual workers; a study by New American Economy, a bipartisan immigration policy group, found that the number of job postings seeking bilingual employees doubled from 2010 to 2015. But on many campuses, learning a second language is treated simply as a box to check.

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Refugee students languish in red tape as they seek to resume their educations

The Hechinger Report

universities and colleges during the 2014-2015 academic year, the most recent period for which figures are available, only 792 were Syrian, the IIE reports. One asks for more information about the psychological counseling offered, which covers stress, depression and homesickness. Another 1,727 came from Iraq, and 1,578 from Libya.

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From the archives: Already languishing in red tape, refugee students now may be barred altogether from U.S.

The Hechinger Report

universities and colleges during the 2014-2015 academic year, the most recent period for which figures are available, only 792 were Syrian, the IIE reports. One asks for more information about the psychological counseling offered, which covers stress, depression and homesickness. Another 1,727 came from Iraq, and 1,578 from Libya.