Chinese kids descend terrifying cliff face to school
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Some kids will do anything to get out of school. Others risk their lives to get there.
The advertisements were tailored for Chinese college students far from home, struggling with the English language and an unfamiliar culture.
As a model for a federal initiative, she points to a program she helped start in Arkansas.
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In the late 1970s, Marguerite Dennis was a young admissions officer at Georgetown University in Washington DC. At the time, Iranians were the most populous group of international students on campus.
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