This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

Two-year colleges in the United States are also know as community colleges. Students earn an
associate degre. Or they can train for a job for a year or two and get a certificate. Community
colleges are less costly than other schools. Some internacional 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 generally nominate the
students. The program provides job training for people who otherwise could not attend
college. The learn skills their countries need, like agriculture and health care. Vocational school
teachers and administrators from Egypt can also receive professional development through
the program. The program began two years ago with eighty-for students and six colleges. State
department officials say more than five hundred students will attend thirty-seven communitu
colleges this fall. 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
expand their diversity. The students live in dormitories or apartments or with local families.
Carol Stax-Brown is an administrator of the program for a group called Community Colleges for
International Development. 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. Carol stax-Brown
says colleges in some countries might accept acredits from the program. But this is not a way
to immediately tranfer to four year colleges and universities in other countries, including the
united states. Students cannot

Este es el Informe especial sobre educación en inglés de la VOA.

Las universidades de dos años en los Estados Unidos también se conocen como colegios
comunitarios. Los estudiantes obtienen un título asociado. O pueden capacitarse para un
trabajo durante uno o dos años y obtener un certificado. Los colegios comunitarios son menos
costosos que otras escuelas. Algunos estudiantes internacionales pueden incluso obtener un
año de educación gratis. El gobierno de los Estados Unidos y las universidades pagan los costos
de un programa llamado iniciativa de colegios comunitarios. Durante los dos primeros años
participaron seis países: Brasil, Egipto, Indonesia, Pakistán, Sudáfrica y Turquía. Ahora a esos
países se unen Cuba, Ghana y la mayor parte de Centroamérica. Los comités locales Fulbright
generalmente nominan a los estudiantes. El programa brinda capacitación laboral para
personas que de otro modo no podrían asistir a la universidad. Aprender las habilidades que
sus países necesitan, como la agricultura y la atención médica. Los profesores y
administradores de escuelas vocacionales de Egipto también pueden recibir desarrollo
profesional a través del programa. El programa comenzó hace dos años con ochenta
estudiantes y seis colegios. Los funcionarios del Departamento de Estado dicen que más de
quinientos estudiantes asistirán a treinta y siete colegios comunitarios este otoño. La ubicación
de los estudiantes depende de lo que quieran estudiar. El programa incluye clases de inglés en
el verano antes del inicio de clases para quienes las necesiten. Carol Stax-Brown dice que las
universidades de algunos países podrían aceptar créditos del programa. Pero esta no es una
forma de transferirse inmediatamente a colegios y universidades de cuatro años en otros
países, incluido Estados Unidos. Los estudiantes no pueden
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. Carol stax-Brown
says colleges in some countries might accept acredits from the program. But this is not a way
to immediately tranfer to four year colleges and universities in other countries, including the
united states. Students cannot