Colleges with the most international students

From FirstpointUSA.com (2012):

CSN International Student Organization movie night

The International Student Organization (ISO) at the College of Southern Nevada will be hosting a free viewing of the film Maleficent. Details below:

• Thursday, November 20, 2014
• 8:00 pm
• West Charleston Campus, D-101

Information on the ISO from their webpage:

The International Student Organization (ISO) was formed to enhance international awareness and facilitate cultural exchange among diverse student groups on campus. ISO is a student club at CSN comprised of local and international students who meet on a regular basis and organize various events on- and off-campus.

Study abroad programs growing at community colleges

In a recent article posted on NorthJersey.com, Patricia Alex writes that “more than 240 schools” including community colleges, “are part of an initiative by the global Institute of International Education to double the number of American students studying abroad by 2019.”

From Alex’s article:

Community colleges are vital to this effort because nearly half of the nation’s undergraduates attend the two-year schools, said Daniel Obst, a deputy vice president at the institute.

“A lot of people think this is something that only wealthy students in their third year can do,” said Amparo Codding, a dean at Bergen Community. “It’s not; you just have to plan ahead to make it work.”

Study abroad has burgeoned over the last generation, and programs are available at most four-year colleges. Still only about 14 percent of U.S. college students study internationally, according to the institute. And just over 5,200 of the more than 283,000 American students studying abroad are from community colleges, according to the most recent figures available.

Read the full article here.

Study abroad tuition free?

A recent article by Rick Noack called, “7 countries where Americans can study at universities, in English, for free (or almost free)” featured on The Washington Post informs readers of the possibilities of studying abroad at tuition free institutions.

From the article:

“Since 1985, U.S. college costs have surged by about 500 percent, and tuition fees keep rising. In Germany, they’ve done the opposite.

The country’s universities have been tuition-free since the beginning of October, when Lower Saxony became the last state to scrap the fees. Tuition rates were always low in Germany, but now the German government fully funds the education of its citizens — and even of foreigners.”

Other countries that offer tuition free educational opportunities include France, Sweden, Norway and Brazil.

Read the full article to learn more.