Senior officials from the US Consulate General office advised students to check credentials of the universities they want to get enrolled in US.
Replying to questions on large contingent of students making a beeline to the US for higher education and the bitter experience they had after getting admitted into a ‘sham’ un
iversity – Tri-Valley University, the officials said students aspiring to study in the US have to do their homework properly.
At an interactive meet conducted by CII, US Consul General Katherine Dhanani and Vice-Consul Matthew Stannard from Hyderabad and Principal Commercial Officer from Chennai stated that in the US, the higher education institutes were totally independent. One should verify about the standards and track-record of various institutes through Indian American Education Foundation and other sources, they said.
