September 19, 2003
In Visa Limbo
American colleges report a decline in foreign-student enrollment as tighter consular regulations make scholars wait or look elsewhereJinghua Shi has no choice but to wait. She was accepted into the University of Georgia's Ph.D. program in plant biology last spring, and sat for her visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on July 8. Two months later she still does not know whether her visa will be granted.
Ms. Shi, who holds a master's degree in botany from the Chinese
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