September 27, 2002

UCLA Heightens Scrutiny of Foreign Applicants

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

The University of California at Los Angeles will give extra scrutiny to all foreign applicants to its graduate biomedical and life-sciences program because of concerns about fraudulent transcripts submitted by some Chinese students.

Under the new policy, announced this month, the program will accept no foreign students until faculty members have verified the authenticity of their transcripts and letters of recommendation. In addition, the program will accept Chinese students only from

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