| [ CMU ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): zuma ( 離酒) 날 짜 (Date): 1997년12월20일(토) 05시45분37초 ROK 제 목(Title): Economic Crisis 오늘 OIE 에서 날아온 이메일입니다. 어떠한 직접적인 도움을 줄지는 모르겠지만 적어도 나몰라라 방관하지는 않는군요. (하긴 학부 애덜은 그 비싼 학비를 거의 다 내고 다닐테니) Dear Asian Students, Once again, we are attempting to identify all of those Carnegie Mellon Asian students who have been affected or who have reason to believe they may be affected in the future by the current economic crisis in Asia. We are doing this in order to try to assess how many students are involved and what the university response should be. If you think that you will be affected, please contact the Office of International Education to talk with us about your situation. In addition, if you have been/expect to be affected, we would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to respond to the following questionnaire. If you have already sent us your response, there is no need to do so again. Please pass this questionnaire on to other students whom you think may be concerned. Finally, a fellow student sent this message as a follow up to the recent discussion on the crisis: > I came across this letter which makes for an interesting read. It > concerns US financial aid to 4 ailing SE Asia economies, which some > quarters feel is risky. > > You may wish to share this with other foreign students, as a sort of > follow up on the talk given by the GSIA faculty. > > http://www.house.gov/bernie/Pressrel/12-5-97(3).html Have a wonderful and relaxing holiday! ************************************** Questionnaire: We are currently attempting to assess the impact of the Asian Economic crisis on Carnegie Mellon students from Asia to try to assess how many of our students have been seriously affected. Personal information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be released to anyone outside of this office without your consent: 1) Class level and Major: a. Freshman d. Senior g. Doctorate b. Sophomore e. 5th year senior c. Junior f. Master's Major _____________________ 2) Number of years remaining at CMU _________ 3) Do you currently owe any money to CMU? ____Yes _____No (If yes, Amount = $_______) 4) Will you have immediate problems paying tuition for the spring 1998 semester? ____Yes _____No 5) Do you anticipate having problems in future semesters? ____Yes _____No ______Probably ______Don't Know 6) Is the nature of the problem financial or personal (e.g., other family issues due to the crisis, but not immediate financial problems) 7) If the problem is financial, what is the nature of the problem: a) lost employment (of parent, student, or other private sponsor) b) lost savings c) lost investment capital d) government cessation of funding to financially sponsored students abroadud d e) employer cessation of funding to financially sponsored students abroad f) other _________________________________ 8) If the problem is personal and you feel comfortable doing so, please briefly note the problem: _____________________________________ 9) If you feel comfortable doing so, please tell us how are you and your famil y are currently planning to deal with these problems? 10) If you feel comfortable doing so, please tell us if you have any assistance from outside sources that you have already worked out? If so, what? 11) Please provide any oher comments you feel are important about the crisis or your current situation: _______________________ Thank you very much for your valuable time during finals week! Sincerely, Linda L. Melville and Catherine McGraw Foreign Student Advisors Office of International Education Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 http://www.cmu.edu/intl-ed/ Fax: (412) 268 - 7832 Tel: (412) 268 - 5231 |