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Michigan, an industrial and manufac-
turing hub of the US. Therefore, they
have good connect and internship
programmes with premier companies
including General Motors, Ford and
Chrysler based in Detroit. Moreover,
Michigan is also a defence, research,
medical and chemical manufactur-
ing industries hub of the US. So their
STEM programmes are of excellent
quality. MCA member colleges which
are proud of their independent status
also have strong faith-based traditions
to provide moral and ethical educa-
tion and are eager to welcome stu-
dents from India. Therefore, it would
serve the public interest in India, if
there is greater awareness of these EW’s Bhavin Shah (centre) walkabout on Hope College campus: dramatic impact
degree awarding hidden gems in the
US. Fortunately, the editors of Edu- colleges are affiliated with ‘parent’ open to all student and faculty teams
cationWorld were as excited to learn universities, in the US, colleges and of member colleges with entries ad-
and write about these excellent HEIs universities are independent sylla- judged by a panel of senior corporates
which are unknown quantities in In- bus and curriculum-setting degrees- and academics with winners awarded
dia,” says Shah. awarding higher education institu- “significant financial awards”.
A LTHOUGH A TIGHT sched- services to students of member colleg- cessMCA under which international
Moreover, an innovation titled Ac-
tions). MCA provides several common
students can enter alliance universi-
es. Among them: it’s a “one-stop shop”
ule didn’t permit your
editors to make a round
of MCA colleges, through for companies to recruit students for ties bypassing traditional college ad-
internships, project work, and place
missions is likely to interest students
email and telecom exchanges, we have graduates in corporates, including in senior and higher secondary schools
compiled new information about less Fortune 500 companies countrywide. in India. Under this programme stu-
familiar member colleges of MCA Secondly, it runs an annual entre- dents of ‘associate schools’ can begin
which are eager to roll out the red preneurial scholarship competition preparing as early as class IX for entry
carpet for Indian students and sign
collaborative twinning and faculty
and student exchange programmes Destination America 196,271 199,182
with schools and HEIs in India. 202,014 193,124
“Founded in 1949, MCA is the old- (Indian students in the US)
est and most prestigious consortium 186,267
of private colleges and universities in
the United States. Our work leverages
the shared capacity of 14 member in- 165,918
stitutions which offer career oriented 167,582
professional majors in almost every
field of study to promote higher edu-
cation access and also provide profes-
sional career outcomes for students,” 132,888
says Dr. Robert Bartlett, Ph D,
President of MCA.
However, MCA is not a ceremonial 102,673
alliance or lobby of its member col-
leges/universities. (Here it’s impor- 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
tant for Indian readers to note that in 2013-14
the US, colleges and universities are
synonymous. Unlike in India where Source: Open Doors (US State Department)

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