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Open Mind, Open Heart: A Fulbright Fellow with a Disability from Lebanon Shares his Experience

The flight across the Atlantic Ocean to the U.S. was just another step in the journey for Fadi Hajjar, a graduate student and former Fulbright Fellow from Lebanon and is blind.  Months before, Fadi began the journey by taking a chance and seizing an opportunity.  Fadi received his Master’s degree in Political Science from the American University of Beirut (AUB) and wanted to take his education further and study abroad. “I was interested in a Ph.D. program, but when I learned about the Master’s in Conflict Resolution being offered …

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Best Value Colleges and Universities in the United States

Debt, student loans, lower paying jobs for college grads, spiraling tuition costs, and excessive cost of books and campus life mean that many students are graduating already buried under debt. Here is a list of our top choices for Best Value institutions in the United States of America

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Study at a Community College

What is a community college?
Community Colleges are a very important part of the American university system.  They provide a wide range of academic and professional programs. The most popular program is the two-year university-transfer Associate’s Degree in which students finish the first and second years of their bachelor’s degree, and then transfer to a four-year university to complete the third and fourth years of the BA or BS degree. Most large community colleges offer a wide variety of courses, so that students can progress in their majors as well as …