LAST WEEK, a University representative informed me that due to a senseless post-Virginia Tech policy change, I would have to pay $66 per year for my corpse to be sent back to Malaysia in the event of my death. This, despite the fact that my family has resided in the Vienna, Virginia, for the past four years as legal resident aliens. Due to another unpublicized "policy change," the University has suddenly decided to enforce the rule that all F-1 student visa holders will not be eligible for in-state tuition, regardless of whether students and their families reside and pay taxes to the state of Virginia.
………… these policies reflect both the University's unwillingness to treat international students as a diverse group of individuals with different circumstances, and its poor record? in helping international students financially. [View Full Article]
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