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NYT takes another look at SEViS
Posted by Raul Ruiz on Monday, February 17 @ 15:01:30 EST
Contributed by Lithorn
Privacy
Lithorn writes "Today's New York Times has an article on SEViS, the INS program that tracks foreign students.
Describing the program bluntly as one in which "schools, colleges and universities will send the federal government the names, addresses, courses and majors of foreign students, as well as information on any disciplinary actions against them," the article points out several major problems. For example:
For directors of international programs, it means a daunting new role as government watchdogs. They worry that mistakes in advising foreign students or entering data, which might never have been discovered under the old paper-based system, could have drastic consequences for students. Given Sevis's instant nature, "there's no room to correct the record for errors," said Robert J. Locke of the University of North Carolina. "That's our biggest fear in the implementation of this, that students and scholars may unwittingly fall between the cracks and become illegal."
Skimming SEViS's web site, there appears to have been no attempt to provide a mechanism for correcting errors in data entry since this issue was raised last fall."
 
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