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Focuses on the implications of security measures initiated by the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services for the number of enrollment of students from Muslim countries. Overview of the bad experiences of students concerning the measures; Difficulty experienced by students in getting a visa to re-enter the U.S.; Implication of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the country for the security measures being adapted by universities.

Focuses on the efforts of the U.S. government to rebuild the higher education systems in Iraq. Purpose of the meeting convened by the U.S. State Department; Problems in Iraq's education system; Participation of Iraqi schools in leader's cultish self-veneration.

Reports that Arab students in the United States (U.S.) returned home after terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. How Arabs were treated in the U.S. after the terrorist attacks; Condition of American students in the Middle East; Withdrawal of students from various universities.

Looks at the experience of Saudi student Yazeed Al-Hamdan in his struggle to return to the University of Kansas only to be kept waiting in the hope that his visa will be renewed. Impact on foreign students of the tighter policy being observed at U.S. embassies; Hopes of Al-Hamdan as a foreign student of Kansas.

Reports on the establishment of several U.S. institutions in other countries as of March 2004. Courses offered by the Afghan Military Academy; Details on the establishment of a branch campus of the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar; Significance of the education development in Qatar.

Announces that the U.S. State Department is developing a mentorship program to reintegrate the Iraqi regime's weapons scientists into academe. Incentives to be provided for top researchers to remain in Iraq; Means to develop connections between the U.S. academic community and the Iraqi science-and-technology community; Proposed budget for the project.

Focuses on college president elections supervised by U.S. troops in Iraq in 2003. Information on the election at the University of Two Rivers in Baghdad; Significance of college president elections in the country; Description of the infrastructure of higher education in the country.

Provides issues about distance education in the United States as of September 14, 2001. Details of an American Federation of Teachers report about the effect of distance education on the quality of education; Plan of the University of Maryland in College Park to create a virtual university in Uzbekistan; Information on the Web site created by Yahoo to provide course-management software and reference materials for use by schools.