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Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Matiana Parra, University of California, Berkeley

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Her research examines how economic policies drive immigration out of the Northern Triangle countries and other states in Latin America as well as how other relevant factors cause migration, such as extreme poverty, widespread violence, and climate change/disaster. Matiana Parra originates from Los Angeles, California.

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

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“It is treated as this extra piece that is not a central part of education,” said Amanda Seewald, president-elect of the Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Council for Languages and International Studies, a legislative advocacy group. In some academic fields research is going global. The bad news?

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

The Hechinger Report

Related: In one country, immigration is seen not as a burden, but as an economic gain. Many university-age refugees want to study in the United States, but only a tiny handful has succeeded. A Harvard study , however, showed that people who enroll in MOOCs intending to earn degrees finish at a higher rate, of 22 percent.

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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

Related: In one country, immigration is seen not as a burden, but as an economic gain. Many university-age refugees want to study in the United States, but only a tiny handful has succeeded. A Harvard study , however, showed that people who enroll in MOOCs intending to earn degrees finish at a higher rate, of 22 percent.