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This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
A listener in Nigeria has a question about financial aid for blind and visually impaired1 college students in America. S.A. Ogunlowo in Ile-Ife wants to know if visually impaired foreign students can get a full scholarship as an undergraduate2.
In 2004, Tim Cordes, who is blind, graduated near the top of his medical school class at the University of Wisconisn-Madison
Financial aid programs in the United States, especially at the undergraduate level, do often require American citizenship3. At the same time, scholarships often pay only part of the cost of an education. The National Federation4 of the Blind advises students to contact any school they wish to attend to ask about financial aid.
The federation is the country's largest group for the blind. Each year it awards scholarships that do not have any citizenship requirements. Students must be legally blind. And foreign students cannot apply until a college in the United States has already accepted them.
The application deadline was March thirty-first for thirty scholarships offered for this fall. Most are three thousand dollars. The highest is twelve thousand dollars.
The United States has an estimated5 one million blind adults. The federation says there are no special colleges or universities for the blind. But schools do offer special services and technology to help students with disabilities.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. More information about the scholarships from the National Federation of the Blind can be found at its Web site: n-f-b dot o-r-g (nfb.org). This was week number thirty-six in our series for students interested in coming to the United States for higher education. If you missed any of our reports, you can find our Foreign Student Series online at voaspecialenglish.com. And if you have a question, send it to [email protected]. Please include your name and country. I'm Steve Ember.
1 impaired | |
adj.受损的;出毛病的;有(身体或智力)缺陷的v.损害,削弱( impair的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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2 undergraduate | |
n.大学生,大学肆业生 | |
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n.市民权,公民权,国民的义务(身份) | |
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n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会 | |
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