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Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4291-699X

Date Available

4-29-2026

Year of Publication

2026

Document Type

Doctoral Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College

Education

Department/School/Program

Educational Policy Studies and Eval

Faculty

Neal H. Hutchens

Faculty

Eric Weber

Abstract

The United States has welcomed foreign scholars and students since 1774, but their numbers increased dramatically after World War I, and again after World War II, as America became a world power leader and interest in the United States and its educational system and technological developments grew internationally. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was set up to oversee immigrants, visitors, and nonimmigrants who included students and diplomatic staff and families. This study deals with the changing laws and responsibilities of the INS during the period 1990 to 2008 to track foreign students in higher education, specifically with the introduction of the Coordinate Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students (CIPRIS), program, and the later implementation of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). Important context for the study comes from changes governing the presence of foreign students and scholars in the United States after the bombings of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the attacks of September 11, 2001. Notably, the INS was replaced by the Department of Homeland Security after the 9/11 bombing, with this change ushering in important alterations in standards for foreign students and scholars to enter the United States. The 9/11 attack also resulted in additional reporting requirements for higher education institutions. The study uses the University of Kentucky as a case study to examine the impact of the new systems and reporting requirements for foreign students and scholars introduced during this period.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2026.161

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