Month: May 2019

SEVP Increases Fees for Students and Institutions

SEVP announced today the anticipated (and un-welcomed) news that fees for Students (SEVIS I-901) and Institutions (Certification) would substantially increase. In addition, new fees for Institutional Recertification were announced. What these fee increases will do to Student Mobility and Access remain to be seen; however, many predict continued declines, especially for short-term programs, and increases …

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Cutting through the Chaos: Reaching Balance and Finding Focus

Lead5050 on LinkedIn: “Lisa Besso delivers your next professional development webinar – Cutting through the Chaos: Reaching Balance and Finding Focus. Lisa is an experienced teacher of meditation and has been a practitioner for many years. She attributes mindfulness and meditation techniques with her ability to live a peaceful life with less stress. Join her …

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Nothing New Under the Sun

During the 2017 EnglishUSA IEP Stakeholder’s Conference, I had the honor of presenting on a panel of esteemed colleagues from ACCET and CEA regarding the challenges IEP were facing. Our industry was in the second (some may say third) year of declines in enrollments, and the international data was just catching up to what the …

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