US offers grants to Iraq students

[crouse]

Amazing......... my search for positive news seems to always lead me AWAY from US based liberal media, who only seem to want to report the negative. Granted there are ALOT of negative things happening, but there ARE alot of positive things going on in Iraq also............ but those just aren't catchy news blips for the US media, just not "racey" enough I guess

But , on the bright side of things....... I found:

US offers grants to Iraq students

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3212176.stm

The United States has announced plans to award scholarships to 20 Iraqi postgraduate students next year.

The Fulbright grants will enable Iraqis to study at American universities in the first such scheme since the 1980s.

It is also hoped that US academics will come to Iraqi colleges to do research and teach by the middle of next year, a spokesman told BBC News Online.

The Fulbright Program has been running since 1946 and aims to foster academic exchanges with the US.

The programme is now actively recruiting at some 17 centres of higher education in Iraq, Barry Ballow, director of the Office of Academic Exchange Programmes at the US State Department, told BBC News Online.

[Target]

Glad to see you put such a positive spin on giving scholarships at U.S. Universities to non-Americans Crouse.....

As long as you and the conservative movement are feeling so good about themselves....think you/they could find it in your hearts to match those 20 scholarships with some for american students as well??

[RADAR1797]

Target,

Have you looked at our educational system lately? Watch Jay Leno's Jay Walking and you tell me if scholarships for Iraqi's are unwarranted.

-RADAR

[sbp]

Too often the newsmedia is making the news, instead of reporting it. Anything for catchy headlines and the ratings is their cry.

In this case it seems the US based liberal media is going out of their way to undermine the cause in Iraq. You think they would have learned from their Iraqi War coverage where they ended up with egg on their face? Slow learners apparently.

[Warthog]

Have you looked at our educational system lately? Watch Jay Leno's Jay Walking and you tell me if scholarships for Iraqi's are unwarranted.

Tru dat.

Iraqis would appreciate our advanced educational system and actually get something from it other than sex, drugs and rock and roll *cough* anyway.

Warthog

[sbp]

Originally posted by Target
Glad to see you put such a positive spin on giving scholarships at U.S. Universities to non-Americans Crouse.....

As long as you and the conservative movement are feeling so good about themselves....think you/they could find it in your hearts to match those 20 scholarships with some for american students as well??

I am already helping to contribute to 2 babies future college fund. In a few months, it'll be 3. Your turn.

[crouse]

Since its inception in 1946, the U.S. government funded Fulbright Program has provided over 250,000 grants to people around the world, in an effort to "increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries..." 94,000 grants have been awarded to U.S. citizens and an additional 155,600 grants have gone to non-U.S. citizens.

source: http://www.fulbrightalumni.org/olc/pub/FBA/gfn/

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The Fulbright Program offers educational and cultural exchange opportunities to both U.S. citizens and citizens of other nations. Listed below are links to the many different programs that exist for scholars and professionals, students, primary and secondary school teachers, and Fulbright alumni.
Fulbright exchanges are U.S. government programs administered through the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. They are governed by policies and procedures established by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

http://www.fulbrightalumni.org/olc/p...fn/grants.html

[originel]

i think it sounds like a good idea...and i'm a US citizen attending college.

A few other things to put this into perspective:

we can pay in-state tuition (as most college students don't leave the state) which cuts our tuition by two thirds.

Unless you move-cross country your parents are just a few hours drive away, so there is support close by.

As citizens we have credit to take out school loans...which i don't think foriegn students are elligible for (not certain tho).

As a foriegn student you have none of those, you are truley on your own financially, so it's much more difficult to make ends meet.

[ShawnD1]

Now this really pisses me off.

I worked my ass off for 4 years because I couldn't get approved for a student loan to cover all my costs until just this year. Now I find out that my government is giving away money for education to people who aren't even from this country??? What the hell! My school alone over the next 4 years (including this year) will cost me over $120,000. During that time, I will have absolutely 0 (zero) income except in summer time. I won't be shocked one bit if my total accumulated debt over the next 4 years is over $200,000.
Haven't they ever heard the saying that if you want to change the world, the best place to start is at home? If you want to help with education, help OUR education system; not theirs! Educate Americans, not Iraqis.

This is nothing more than a slap in the face to those of us who were actually born here and lived here all of our lives.

[Ed_S]

Originally posted by ShawnD1
This is nothing more than a slap in the face to those of us who were actually born here and lived here all of our lives.

BRAVO, SHAWN!!!

I pay my son's tuition to community college with non-deductible after-tax dollars and I see simply no f-ing way to justify my taxes paying the way for some foreigner!!!

I don't expect, need, or even want a free ride for my kids, but I feel strongly that NO ONE ELSE should get it on tax dollars either! Especially non-residents who pay no taxes and likely have no family paying in either!

So just HOW is this to be interpreted as a POSITIVE thing???