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Foreign Exchange Students

A Francophile Is Born

Leigh Flayton | Posted 10.27.2012 | Women
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Leigh Flayton

In late summer 1981, an incredible rumor spread among the kids in my small Long Island town: Our seventh grade class was getting a French exchange student that year.

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Inspector General's Report Slams State Dept's Foreign Exchange Programs

AP | MITCH WEISS | Posted 03.20.2012 | Home
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- State Department programs that bring foreign exchange students to the United States to work or attend school require urgent attenti...

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High School Exchange Students Housed With Murderers, Sexual Predators

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.19.2012 | Home
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Allegations have surfaced against a foreign exchange program -- overseen by the U.S. Department of State -- that foreign teens coming to the U.S. to s...

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State Dept. Drops Plan To Protect Foreign Exchange Students Despite Abuse Allegations

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and MITCH WEISS | Posted 05.14.2012 | Home
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JACKSON, Miss. — Despite dozens of allegations of neglect and sexual abuse over the years, the U.S. State Department abandoned a plan to require...

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Princeton More Than A Reach School For Exchange Students

The Daily Princetonian | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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An admission rate less than 10 percent may seem low to applicants for undergraduate degrees, but it's safety-school territority compared to the hurdle...

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