NAFSA confirmed today that there will be a informational session for attendees to hear all about potential opportunities to collaborate on the Iraq Education Initiative scholarship at the Annual Conference & Expo held in Los Angeles this May. We encourage all universities to attend this session as it will be extremely informative and give you the most up to date information on the details of the scholarship and when it will be awarded.
The session speaker, Dr. Zuhair Humadi is the brainchild of the Iraq Education Initiative and a graduate of …

Its been a great fair so far, thank you to all the students who attended, spoke to the college representatives, and even submitted applications in both Kuwait and Bahrain.  We started on March 17th, 2009 at the Marina Hotel in Salmiya, Kuwait with the Embassy of the United States Kuwait Public Affairs Officer cutting the ribbon and officially opening the fair.  About 100 students were waiting to come in, which made the college and university representatives ready to expect a busy event.

The US Embassy Visa Counsel spoke to the …

Students outside of the United States ask us often about specific online programs and whether they should attend an online university instead of moving to the US and enrolling at a traditional campus.  Online programs can work well for many students, allowing you to receive an American style education and degree without having the expense of living in the US and leaving home.  For many years in the Middle East many undergraduate students chose “correspondence schools” which allowed students, especially women, to receive a bachelor’s degree without leaving home, …

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Lower tuition isn’t the only reason that millions of students every year decide to attend community colleges.

With careful planning, transferring to a 4-year college or university from a community college is often easy. That makes community colleges an attractive, affordable option for students throughout the U.S. and around the world.

What is a community college?

Community colleges award associate’s degrees, usually after two years of classes.

Many U.S. students attend a community college directly after graduating from high school. Community colleges also attract older, “non-traditional” students who live near …

With the excitement building, the questions mounting, and the pilot class of the Iraq Education Initiative moving closer to beginning their educational journey in the United States we have fielded many questions about various aspects of the scholarship and answered a few in this article. While there are still many unknowns and pieces of the program that are still coming together, we were fortunate enough to speak with representatives of the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq who have worked hand-in-hand with the Director of the Iraq Education Initiative to ensure …