Decide if the your own office will handle the billing or if Student Accounts will handle tuition and fee billing. Develop information sources. You will need to have current information about international affairs, immigration issues, and funding trends. This suggests the need to maintain good campus and community networks and to develop sources of current articles in the feld of international education. Categorize the Student Program by Sponsor.
Programs differ widely.
Begin to collect information on each type of sponsored program whether it be embassy, non-profit agency, foundation, U. S. Government agency, contractor, etc. Note the training requirements for their students and restrictions which apply , i.e., unable to work under any condition, no academic training permitted, minimum GPA required, minimum number of credits required in summer, etc. Find out if the sponsor prefers their students to be on J or F visas. Identify the Primary Contact Begin to build an ongoing relationship with the responsible staff member of the sponsoring organization. Frequently they are required to provide regular reports to the agency regarding progress or well-being of the student.