Studying in the US: A Free Year at a Community College

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This is an excerpt from Part 39 of VOA's Special English Foreign Student Series. It looks at a job training program for people from certain countries.
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This video alternates the TV version and the radio version of the same VOA story. It is designed for ESL students.
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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Two-year colleges in the United States are also known as community colleges. Students earn an associate degree.

Or they can train for a job for a year or two and get a certificate. Community colleges are less costly than other schools. Some international students can even get a year of education for free. The United States government and the colleges pay the costs in a program called the Community College Initiative. Six countries took part during the first two years: Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey. Now those countries are joined by Cuba, Ghana and most of Central America. Local Fulbright committees generally nominate the students.

The program provides job training for people who otherwise could not attend college. They learn skills their countries need, like agriculture and health care. Vocational school teachers and administrators from Egypt can also receive professional development through the program. The program began two years ago with eighty-four students and six colleges. State Department officials say more than five hundred students will attend thirty-seven community colleges this fall. Where students are placed depends on what they want to study. The program is also a chance to learn about America and its people. And it gives colleges a way to expand their diversity. The students live in dormitories or apartments or with local families.

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