The other Immigration Issue Nobody Realizes.

I work for a small private school.  Since 2009 the leadership at this organization has decided to augment income by allowing a large, and ever increasing group of Chinese students to attend.  The first few years, there were some adjustments that were needed to accommodate the new work environment, but since, the quality of English proficiency of the students has dropped substantially, and created a "divide" within the population of students; not just the students, but faculty as well.

The issues are addressed quarterly at staff and faculty meetings, but the resolution of these issues are pushed back on the faculty to address with little or no guidance, other than the disciplinary guidelines that are currently in place.  Translation of the languages do not occur, so we are left with a huge behavior problem.  This is a festering disease that spills over into the domestic population, and causes ill will amongst the students.  We have heard several of the students call it the "Asian Invasion," and from their perspective I would surmise rightly so. 

The inability of leadership to seriously consider the ramifications of these choices has caused more animosity than they realize.  Not only are the students up in arms, but the faculty as well.  Here is a little more background on the Chinese/Asian student population:

• Most students come from wealthy, or politically connected families in the communist regimes.  This often leads to a sense of entitlement and that they deserved to be treated as a form of royalty.  
• A micro culture of have and have-nots amongst them leads to alienation even among the Asians.
• Mix into this the Chinese vs. Taiwanese vs. South Korean student population, even more tension is created.
• Domestic (American) students feel slighted, and excluded, and picked on when the Asian students speak in their native tongue exclusively.  They (even us as faculty) do not know if they are being talked about, insulted, etc.
• Any program to help the Asian students learn English has been delayed, and not taken seriously, which creates even more of an issue.

So as you can see -the outside observer -issues that were not foreseen by the leadership are left on the shoulders of the faculty and administration to deal with.  

**Steps down off of his soapbox.