عنوان

International Student Flows to the U.S. Before and After 9/11

Number

TL48991

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

International Student Flows to the U.S. Before and After 9/11

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Karin Annette Johnson

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Kposowa, Augustine J.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California, Riverside

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

59

Text of Note

Committee members: Chase-Dunn, Christopher; Dar, Luciana; Swanson, David

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-09262-2

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

Sociology

Body granting the degree

University of California, Riverside

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

International student migration to the U.S. dropped after the 9/11 attacks when it became the focus of anti-terrorism and immigration reform because it was believed the hijackers were non-U.S. nationals who had entered the U.S. on student visas. This study examines the impact of 9/11 on international student migration to determine if there was a significant change in visa issuances in post-9/11 years. I also investigate regional variation and Muslim religion predominance to test if visa issuances may have dropped for students originating from Middle Eastern countries and/or Muslim majority countries. I analyzed nonimmigrant visa issuance data from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs annual Report of the Visa Office from 1989 to 2014. Results from paired sample t-tests show that while there was no initial significant difference between the pre- and post-9/11 periods, when broken down by visa classification and by region, there were pronounced negative changes; F and M visas dropped in five out of six regions, and the Middle East was the hardest impacted, experiencing an overall decline in the average number of issued F, J, and M student visas. Negative binomial regression results confirmed results of the paired sample t-tests. The findings suggest that although Muslim majority countries were issued fewer visas for overall total visa issuance, trends by student visa type by region may have been the impetus behind the shifts in student migration after the September 11^th, 2001 attacks.

American studies; Sociology

Subject Term

Social sciences;9/11;Higher education;International students;Migration;U.S.

Mansour, Sarah

Kposowa, Augustine J.

Subdivision

Sociology

University of California, Riverside

Call Number

1836069458; 10154141

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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