DHS is investigating after a large number of students from Bangladesh enrolled in Washington State community colleges and failed to show up for classes.

The former director of marketing at the Center for International Education at South Seattle College has been arrested and charged with voyeurism.

A new bill has been proposed by legislators in Washington state, USA, to add a 20% surcharge to tuition fees for international students starting in the 2013-2014 academic year. Supporters of the bill say it could raise US$60 million over the next two years. However educators fear it will deter foreign students, more than 20,000 of whom studied in the state last year.