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(10)These schools have their own entrance requirements. The Coast Guard Academy says interested students should contact the defense attache at their local United States embassy. Foreign students interested in the Merchant Marine Academy must request application forms directly from the admissions office.
International students can also attend the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and the Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. The Coast Guard Academy can have thirty-five international students at any one time; the Merchant Marine Academy,thirty.
For example, the next class at the Naval Academy will include eighteen foreign students, four of them female. (9) This will bring the total number of foreign students at the Naval Academy to fifty- three.
Davidson County Community College in Lexington, North Carolina, is a member of the Community Colleges for International Development
The program provides job training for people who otherwise could not attend college. They learn skills their countries need, like agriculture and health care. (4)Vocational school teachers and administrators from Egypt can also receive (5)professional development through the program.
Nominees for these academies must be seventeen to twenty-three years old, (5) unmarried and with no children. Candidates are usually nominated by members of Congress. International candidates are nominated by their home (6) governments, which pay for their education.
Each government has its own (7) requirements for military service after students graduate. Americans who attend these four-year colleges must serve at least five years of active duty.
Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (3) celebrate graduation as Army officers on May 23.
Three of these come under the Defense Department. The United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, prepares officers for the Army. The Air Force Academy is (4) located at Colorado Springs, Colorado. And the Naval Academy is in Annapolis, Maryland; it prepares officers for the Navy and the Marine Corps.
Carol Stax-Brown says (9)colleges in some countries might accept credits from the program. But this is not a way to immediately transfer to four-year colleges and universities in other countries, including the United States. Students cannot return to the United States for two years after they finish their year of study.
This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about military education programs in the United States. There are public and private colleges and universities that (1) offer military educations. But (2) international students can also attend the nation's five service academies.
A Web page is being developed for information on the Community College Initiative. For now, (10)students from countries in the program should contact their local Fulbright committee or United States embassy.
Passage 1
Education Report - Studying in the US: Getting a Military Education Each of the Defense Department
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
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 (7)expand their diversity. The students live in dormitories or apartments or with local families.
Passage 2
Education Report - Studying in the US: A Free Year at a Community College
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Two-year colleges in the United States are also known as community colleges. Students earn an (1)associate degree. Or they can train for a job for a year or two and get a certificate.
Carol Stax-Brown is an administrator of the program for a group called Community Colleges for International Development. (8)She says they look for people who have had some work experience, speak some English and want to experience another culture. The program includes English classes in the summer before school starts for those who need them.
Tim Disher, head of international programs, says those interested should contact the agency that includes their own naval department. Plus, all of the academies have admissions information on their Web sites.
The Defense Department (8) chooses more than one hundred countries every year and invites them to nominate students to the academies. As many as sixty foreign students may attend each school at any one time.
Community colleges are less (2)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 (3)generally nominate the students.
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 (6)fall.
International students can also attend the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and the Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. The Coast Guard Academy can have thirty-five international students at any one time; the Merchant Marine Academy,thirty.
For example, the next class at the Naval Academy will include eighteen foreign students, four of them female. (9) This will bring the total number of foreign students at the Naval Academy to fifty- three.
Davidson County Community College in Lexington, North Carolina, is a member of the Community Colleges for International Development
The program provides job training for people who otherwise could not attend college. They learn skills their countries need, like agriculture and health care. (4)Vocational school teachers and administrators from Egypt can also receive (5)professional development through the program.
Nominees for these academies must be seventeen to twenty-three years old, (5) unmarried and with no children. Candidates are usually nominated by members of Congress. International candidates are nominated by their home (6) governments, which pay for their education.
Each government has its own (7) requirements for military service after students graduate. Americans who attend these four-year colleges must serve at least five years of active duty.
Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (3) celebrate graduation as Army officers on May 23.
Three of these come under the Defense Department. The United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, prepares officers for the Army. The Air Force Academy is (4) located at Colorado Springs, Colorado. And the Naval Academy is in Annapolis, Maryland; it prepares officers for the Navy and the Marine Corps.
Carol Stax-Brown says (9)colleges in some countries might accept credits from the program. But this is not a way to immediately transfer to four-year colleges and universities in other countries, including the United States. Students cannot return to the United States for two years after they finish their year of study.
This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about military education programs in the United States. There are public and private colleges and universities that (1) offer military educations. But (2) international students can also attend the nation's five service academies.
A Web page is being developed for information on the Community College Initiative. For now, (10)students from countries in the program should contact their local Fulbright committee or United States embassy.
Passage 1
Education Report - Studying in the US: Getting a Military Education Each of the Defense Department
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
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 (7)expand their diversity. The students live in dormitories or apartments or with local families.
Passage 2
Education Report - Studying in the US: A Free Year at a Community College
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Two-year colleges in the United States are also known as community colleges. Students earn an (1)associate degree. Or they can train for a job for a year or two and get a certificate.
Carol Stax-Brown is an administrator of the program for a group called Community Colleges for International Development. (8)She says they look for people who have had some work experience, speak some English and want to experience another culture. The program includes English classes in the summer before school starts for those who need them.
Tim Disher, head of international programs, says those interested should contact the agency that includes their own naval department. Plus, all of the academies have admissions information on their Web sites.
The Defense Department (8) chooses more than one hundred countries every year and invites them to nominate students to the academies. As many as sixty foreign students may attend each school at any one time.
Community colleges are less (2)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 (3)generally nominate the students.
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 (6)fall.