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...rise to the Harvard presidency has come under fire from the National Association of Scholars (NAS), which expressed concern this week over the Radcliffe dean’s “strong feminist bent” and the manner in which she would make personnel decisions. Stephen H. Balch, president and founder of the Washington-based group, said that he feared that Faust would push to use gender and perhaps racial criteria in hiring and tenure decisions. “The greatest worry”, Balch said in a statement, “is that as president, Faust will further...
Thank the H-1B visa for causing such headaches. One of the most versatile work visas issued to graduating foreign students (among others), the H-1B is capped by law at 65,000 visas a year, although an additional 20,000 visas are available for advanced degree-holders. Because of high demand, last year the cap was reached on May 26, before Harvard seniors received their degrees...
This meant that international students who had secured jobs in America were suddenly unable to work. Student visas expire a year after graduation, while H-1Bs begin in October. So students who graduated last June but failed to get an H-1B last fiscal year—about 40 members of the Class of 2006—will have to leave the country between next June and October. Consequently, many employers simply will not hire an international if she fails to get a visa immediately...
...real problem, of course, is the visa system, which ought to raise the annual limit. The H-1B program brings valuable expertise to U.S. industry and helps retain skilled workers educated in American institutions. Under current immigration rules, America risks educating some of the world’s brightest students and best talent, only to watch them take their skills elsewhere after graduation...
...available. A joint press release by the Anne Frank House and the Anne Frank-Fonds (the Swiss foundation with the copyright to Anne and Otto Frank writings) said: "For some considerable time it has been clear from documents already in the possession of [our two organizations] that Otto H. Frank had tried in vain to obtain U.S.A. and Cuban entry." The two groups plan a comprehensive archive of all Frank family files...