Government in talks to bring another US university to Barbados

Barbados may soon be welcoming another American university to its shores.
Prime Minister Mia Mottley today revealed that talks with Chamberlain University have already begun and she was hoping those discussions can soon be “wrapped up”.
She made the disclosure during a tour of the Villages at Coverley, where 1,500 students and staff at the Ross University School of Medicine will reside.
Chamberlain University is a for-profit healthcare and nursing school that offers bachelor, master and doctoral degree programmes in nursing, and a public health master’s degree.
While not disclosing detail, Mottley,  “We haven’t spoken about the work we are doing with Chamberlain University, which is a nursing school, and we are looking to see how wecan wrap that up as we go along. But we want to perfect what we are doing with Ross first, while at the same time having a conversation with the Barbados Community College and Chamberlain,”
With students and staff expected to arrive in Coverley from as early as Saturday, Mottley said she was impressed at the transformation that had taken place in the community in less than four months.
“We’re probably starting off the year with the equivalent of 75 000 seven-day tourists. That is what Ross’ equivalent is to us,” she said.
Mottley said the students’ arrival would give the country’s economy a much-needed boost