United States University
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 119 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5086-5084-1
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! United States University (USU) is a for-profit university with emphasis on nursing and teaching in Chula Vista, which is part of the San Diego metropolitan area. Founded in 1997 as InterAmerican College by Reymundo and Maria Marin, the college began as a non-profit college geared to help immigrants transfer degrees. "We noticed a lot of educated immigrants who were working low-wage jobs because they didn’t know where else to go. They were told their degrees from universities in their native countries weren’t valid here.” –Maria Marin According to the 2008 WASC report on InterAmerican College, the area of which the college was previously located (National City) was once considered the 13th most impoverished city in the nation, One of the initial goals of the college was to serve the needs of educated immigrants. Foreign college transcripts would be evaluated by an independent panel that would appraise course work and give the student credit...