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Colleges Required to Track Foreign Students

U.S. colleges and universities will soon be required to enter all foreign students' addresses and course loads into a central database for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Federal officials say the new database could help identify potential terrorists. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

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Neda Ulaby reports on arts, entertainment, and cultural trends for NPR's Arts Desk.
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