January 5, 2007

Academics Are Named to Federal Advisory Panel on Foreign Visitors; U. of Missouri President Will Lead Washington State; Ousted Senator Will Teach at Brown; UCLA Hires a Chancellor

By PETER MONAGHAN and SCOTT SMALLWOOD

COME ON IN: Since September 11, 2001, many college administrators have complained that it has been more difficult for foreign academics and students to enter the United States than caution dictates. So it is gratifying, says Jared L. Cohon, president of Carnegie Mellon University, that he and six other representatives of academe have been appointed to a new, 18-person, federal advisory committee that will help develop travel policies for all kinds of foreign visitors. Among the committee's