Community College Gets Into the Frenzy

In an apparent first for community colleges, the small College of Lake County is sending its students to China for a study-abroad program. The director of the program, Yu LiHua, was quoted as saying "China today is the most important, significant country in the world. You cannot avoid China today."

But interestingly enough, according the report, the courses these students have to take in China are to be taught in English. But these courses will cost only a fraction of that in the U.S.

The program is funded by a DOE grant (of $115,000) and a pledge ($275,000) by the college itself.