First, a number of ground rules to set the limits of our considerations. There are many other categories of persons involved in educational exchange, but we shall confine our remarks to the alien visitor to our campus. We begin with this specialized function and its recognition by the college as having some importance. Every college in its plans for the education of its students assumes some responsibility for assisting its students to make their study programs effective. This is done in different ways and with different degrees of thoroughness.
Most colleges go beyond academic counseling.
They recognize the need for skilled counselors who will complement those whose chief interest lies in the academic field. The foreign student has the same problems as all other students. The foreign student has the same problems as all other students, but they have different dimensions, because of his foreignness. The foreign student has problems which are peculiar to him because he is a foreign student. The assumption is that someone on the campus must have the special knowledge and the skills to help the foreign student.