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‘Positive culture shock’ spells challenges and triumphs for Afghan teen students

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Lebanon High School, apart from her regular classes, she chose electives like global studies, business and political science — three of her favorite subjects. We’re trying to work on getting the staff to be more culturally responsive to the students and that is an area that we definitely need to improve upon,” Hoffman added.

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

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It can’t happen,” said Brenda Tooley, director of global studies at Knox College, which is offering full-tuition scholarships to two Syrian students who will begin in January. They can definitely do more.”. Photo: Sebastian Wells for The Hechinger Report. It’s not affordable. But more need to step up, said Amos. You’ve got U.S.

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The students disappearing fastest from American campuses? Middle-class ones

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Instead, she’s getting the middle-class tuition break — “I think that definitely helped me pick UVA” — and is now a double-major there in computer science and global studies of the Middle East and South Asia. UVA was her top choice, but “if I was going be in a lot of financial debt, that … would have discouraged me,” she said.

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

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It can’t happen,” said Brenda Tooley, director of global studies at Knox College, which is offering full-tuition scholarships to two Syrian students who will begin in January. They can definitely do more.”. Photo: Sebastian Wells for The Hechinger Report. It’s not affordable. But more need to step up, said Amos. You’ve got U.S.