Young people from developing countries spend a year at an American community college, where they gain career skills, engage in the community, learn about U.S. culture and get inspired to make a positive impact when they return home.
That’s the concept behind the Community College Initiative (CCI) sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) on behalf of the Community College Consortium (CCC).
The CCC promotes collegial cooperation among geographically diverse community colleges that have significant international exchange experience.
MCC is currently one of nine colleges that are in the CCC: NVCC, Miami Dade College (Florida),Scottsdale Community College and Mesa Community College in the Maricopa system (Arizona), Houston Community College (Texas), the College of DuPage (Illinois),Bunker Hill Community College (Massachusetts), Kirkwood Community College(Iowa) and Northampton Community College (Pennsylvania).