Article: For foreign students,getting in is not so easy; Red tape of post-9-11 era making it tougher for international students to attend local colleges

A Franklin & Marshall freshman who is supposed to begin classes Tuesday was stranded in Pakistan last week, waiting for a visa she was promised Aug. 10.

At Millersville University, returning students were fortunate to be allowed back into the United States after university officials had problems using a new computer database to track them.

These and other students are finding that attending college in America has become more complicated since Sept. 11 for someone from a foreign country.

Federal regulations imposed this summer to better screen and monitor international students have caused delays for students and headaches for administrators trying to comply with the new laws.

The former U.S. ...

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