March 14, 2008
Visa Process Keeps Iraqi Students Out of U.S.
A Catch-22 stymies Baghdad's efforts to fix its higher-education system
Iraqi students seeking to come to American colleges on full scholarships from the Iraqi government face so many hurdles in obtaining a visa that few are able to enter the country, according to a delegation of Iraqi university deans and education-ministry officials traveling in the United States last week.
The problems, the Iraqi officials said, pose a major obstacle to their government's efforts to improve a
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