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  • Children and Bibi Kasrai in her kitchen (Courtesy photo)

    Iranian-American Bibi Kasrai has an MBA from Harvard. Her latest business is teaching cooking and nutrition to schoolchildren in California.

  • Libyan and American students at Space Camp, with embedded text 'Training Future Astronauts' (Creative Solutions)

    Libyan and American youth attended Space Camp in Alabama, a program that spawned a Libyan movie and has helped ease tensions between the two countries.

  • Close-up of Oprah Winfrey, with embedded text “Oprah Winfrey still loves school” (Harpo Inc.)

    "I believe that education is freedom, that it's the open door to anybody's future," says Oprah Winfrey. Listen to her talk about the power of learning.

  • Girl in a classroom (Shutterstock)

    By better educating girls, developing countries are winning big dividends.

Did You Know?

  • The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is home to one of the largest collections of Iranian-related and Persian-language materials in the world.

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    College Life

    The U.S. college experience is a time to study and prepare for a career, but also to discover, explore and mature.

Study in the U.S.

  • Students, scholars and teachers can come to the United States for short, intensive programs of study and travel sponsored by the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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