hi. i am a foreign registered rn. is anybody familiar with the global scholarship alliance? it offers foreign nurses a fully funded msn scholarship at an accredited american university and a paid practical training as a nurse (part-time/full-time) at an on-campus hospital at the same time. several universities and hospitals throughout us serve as educational and training partners. if you are familiar with the program could i ask for any comment or advice? i am intending to participate in the said program. thank you so much!
the nursing schools at the colleges and universities listed below participate in the gsa program.
anderson university-anderson, indiana
mercy college-dobbs ferry, new york
university of cincinnati-cincinnati, ohio
binghamton university (suny)-binghamton, new york
midwestern state university-witchita falls, texas
university of the incarnate word-san antonio, texas
I am having hard time understanding this program, Colleges and Universities are have a hard time remaining solvent especially with the threat of student loans being eliminated. How can they give away free tuition for international students while turning away Americans?
These international students won't relieve the faculty shortage since they have to leave after completing the program?
Most universities encourage diversity in their student populations. PErhaps they get a certain amount of funding to assist with diversification? Not sure. BTW, not all J-visas have the 2 yr home residency requirements.
Schools do like diversity, but how long is the alumni going to support the school when Americans are not allowed in? Also the graduates are not going to be able to practice is the USA. Most colleges and universities depend on Federal funding, as a taxpayor I don's support allowing American going into debt for education while Internationals get a free ride. My son's college did it the right way, it was a one for one exchange, he paid his school his tuition and the English student paid theirs no loss of income on either end and allowed for international exchange.Last point, if a foreign grad stuggles with the NCLEX how are the going to meet the rigors of an American Grad School progre,
You've lost me. Where does it say that Americans are not allowed into those institutions? I imagine the vast majority of students are American. Do you have any idea of the stringent requirements to get a student visa? You're not permitted to work in any decent capacity, so you have to save up x amount of money to complete the program - even if tuition is covered, it's not a "free ride". I'm currently completing a masters degree as an "international", and my cost is around $1000 per credit unit. If someone can get it for free, good luck to them.
It seems uncharitable to begrudge other people good fortune because they are "internationals".
Where is the reference to people having trouble with NCLEX?
I do not wish ill to anyone. But American students assume tremendous debt to go to school. For a private college it is about $100K for the average student. It takes years to pay off. You have to make the payments no matter what, you can't file bankruptcy.
What debt does the international nurse have? I have only see people complain that their families take out loans, not the student. My point is would I be allowed to come to any country and go to school for free, it so sign me up!
The point I am making is the US is in crisis. I think there is a low tolerance level for non Americans to be treated better than the citizens. As a parent do you think it would be easy for me to say, sorry we can't help you go to graduate school, and then take a phone call from the same school and donate money? Believe me what the school would get is an earfu.
This specific program is based on the nurse returning home for two years to teach. That has been its premise since its inception.
Even if one were to come on the F-1 visa, there is still no guarantee that they can remain in the US once their training is done. Things are changing rather quickly here and not for the better, the economy is quite bad in many areas. And for an employer to offer a job, they have to prove that they could not find an American for the job.
This program was designed for foreign-trained nurses that are not Americans as well; you do not see any Americans enrolled in their programs either. And it is owned by a nursing agency, or should say the owner of a nursing agency.
Schools cannot make any guarantees as to the visas, as the US government is the one that issues them.
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I am having hard time understanding this program, Colleges and Universities are have a hard time remaining solvent especially with the threat of student loans being eliminated. How can they give away free tuition for international students while turning away Americans?
These international students won't relieve the faculty shortage since they have to leave after completing the program?
How does the owner of this program make money?