Diverse correspondent Phuong Ly reports on this growing trend and interviews, Jin Yong Choi, a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who moved to Canada at age 14 by himself. His parents rented a furnished apartment for him, and he had an adult guardian to check up on him, but Choi says at times it was rough dealing with the language barrier and coming home to an empty apartment.
Historically, reports Phuong, most of UIUC’s international students have been from India or China, but now one in four of its 5,200 students from overseas is from Korea. Julie Misa, of the international students office at UIUC, says these students bring diversity to the campus but, at the same time, often have issues adjusting. Read more in “The Early Study Abroad Trend.’”
Lastly, Diverse correspondent Jamal Watson interviews four former politicians for the article “Politicos Turned Professors.” Former Philadelphia mayor John Street and former Baltimore mayor Kurt Schmoke are two of the “politicos” Jamal spoke with. University of Maryland political science professor Ronald Walters says the first generation of Black politicians didn’t have the credentials to teach at the university level, but that’s changing. Now, reports Jamal, many Black legislators and policymakers have degrees from top universities or experience in public policy institutes before serving out their terms, making them attractive faculty and administrator candidates for many colleges and universities.
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