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Foreign applicants dwindle in number
Erin DeJesus
Although in the past the United States has been accused of luring the brightest minds from abroad, new government regulations threaten to end the U.S. "brain drain." Potential graduate students from abroad, particularly China, have been staying away from U.
Bill proposed to cut funding for more affluent universities
By Lauren Pauer
Close to 60 percent of Syracuse University students receive need-based assistance in paying for college. A current congressional proposal, though, may decrease federal funding to colleges and universities across the country. Republicans in the House of Representatives say they want to modernize the federal financial aid system that sends an unequal amount of money to wealthy colleges and universities that have a relatively small number of low-income students.
N. Korean delegation studies at SU
By Terence Johnson
As one of the top-rated graduate programs in the world, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs attracts many promising students from abroad. The latest visitors, however, were not seeking a degree. Five high-level researchers and the university's vice chancellor spent 10 days at Syracuse University studying civilian information technology and databases as part of an on-going scholarly exchange program with Kim Chaek University of Technology in North Korea, said Stuart Thorson, the director of information technology in the Maxwell School.
SU database tracks terrorism trends
By Stephen Clark
As the Bush administration answers questions from the 9/11 Commission about how they handled the terrorist attacks, Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Justice Department may soon have to answer questions about their post Sept. 11 attacks on terrorism. The Justice Department has convicted 184 individuals in international terrorism cases within the two years following Sept.
Panel to debate FCC deregulation
By Margarita Raycheva
While Janet Jackson's exposure on network television launched a firestorm of debate about media decency standards, Michael J. Copps plans to tame the flames at a Newhouse symposium today. Copps, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, will sit in an honorary seat between the audience and the panel's participants, illustrating his neutral position as an FCC representative at the discussion at 1 p.
Education committee features Shaw, subject of class debate
By Sam Edelstein
Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw recently participated in Gov. George E. Pataki's commission on education reform, and a Syracuse University class joined in, too. The class, MAX 123 Critical Issues For the United States did extensive research on the subject of economic equality in the United States, said Grant Reeher, a professor of political science and one of the professors of the course.
