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Forum on affect of heightened national security on higher education Dec. 4
Jeff
Unger, News Bureau
(217) 333-1085; j-unger@illinois.edu
11/26/02
CHAMPAIGN,
Ill. — How heightened national security has affected higher education
will be the topic of a forum beginning at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 (Wednesday)
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Four panelists will discuss the national debate over the changing laws
and policies governing immigration as they affect the campus and community.
The panelists will consider the rationale behind the policies and how
they create a new climate for international enrollment and exchange
programs that are central to campus life. They also will talk about
the larger issues raised by the tradeoffs between enhancing security
and protecting the educational values of diversity, mobility, free association
and opportunity.
The event is part of the "Exploring
the Human Experience: Beyond Differences?" initiative, which
is examining whether there are distinctly and commonly human experiences
and concerns. The initiative, which includes a series of academic offerings,
performances and events, culminates with the commencement address in
May.
The panelists:
Tom Arkell,
lawyer with Dunn, Stanczak, Willard and Arkell, Bloomington, Ill.
Lee Fritschler,
Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Earl Kellogg,
associate provost for international
affairs, Illinois
Cynthia
O’Connell, deputy district director, Immigration and Naturalization
Service
Ron Yates, the head of the department of journalism at Illinois, will be the moderator.
The forum, which will take place in the auditorium of the College
of Law, 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Champaign, is sponsored by the
Center for Advanced Study, the colleges of education and law, and the
university.
