FOREIGN STUDENTS CAUTIONED OF DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED ABROAD

Kenyan students studying in the United States of America have been told to carefully seek for information concerning foreign students and on immigration regulations in order for them to avoid encountering stumbling blocks in their academic endevours.

This was said by a visiting don from the Western Michigan State University in the United States of America Ms Catheleen Fuller at Egerton University when she addressed students, parents, academic staff and administrators involved in a twinning academic programme between the two universities that was initiated some five years ago.

The don observed that many foreign students not only from Kenya but also from other countries across the world who opt to undertake higher learning in the USA encounter difficulties that affect their academic missions due to lack of adequate information.

“Many students fail to accomplish their studies because they do not do enough research to understand all the necessary requirements pertaining to foreign students in USA. mishaps in factors like psychological preparedness, fees payments, immigration regulations, students working programmes and academic  procedures cause a lot of difficulties to foreign students” She said.

The don who is a coordinating facilitator of the twinning progrmme at WMSU encouraged parents and the government to take an active role in ensuring success of foreign students by facilitating the payment of fees and availing necessary information on immigration to USA.

The Twinning programme between Egerton University (Kenya) and Western Michigan State University (USA) involves several undergraduate degree programmes students admitted under the programme to undertake the first two academic years at Egerton before proceeding on to WMSU to wrap up the remaining academic years.