By University Language Services

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 …