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November 5, 2004

2 Universities Reimburse International Students $100 for Sevis Fee

By KELLY FIELD

Faced with declining applications from abroad, at least two American universities have opted to reimburse a $100 fee that international students pay to the federal government.

The fee, which went into effect on September 1, pays for the upkeep of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or Sevis, a federal database that monitors foreign students and scholars. The University of Texas at Austin and Rice University recently announced that they would refund the

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