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International EDUCATION REPORT - October 3, 2002:
Foreign Student Series #3 >College or University?
By Nancy Steinbach
This is the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT.
This week, we continue our reports about how
people from around the world can attend a college or university in the
United States. We tell the difference between a college and a university
in the United States. A copy of this report can be found on the Special
English web page at www.voaspecialenglish.com.
People attend a college or university to continue
their education after high school. This prepares them for work. It also
provides them with a greater understanding of the world and its past.
And, it helps them value the arts and sciences.
Students usually attend a college for four years
to complete a program of study. Those who are successful receive a bachelor's
degree. Colleges generally do not offer additional study programs or
support research projects. Universities often are much larger than colleges.
Universities carry out research. They also offer several programs in
many areas of study. Universities offer bachelor's degrees after four
years of study. They also offer graduate degrees that require additional
years of study.
Modern universities developed from those of
Europe's Middle Ages. They took their name from the Latin word universitas.
It meant a group of people organized for one purpose.
The first European colleges were groups of students
who came together because of the same interests. In England, colleges
were formed to provide students with living places. Usually each group
was studying the same thing, so the word college came to mean one area
of study.
Today, most American colleges offer an area
of study called liberal arts. The liberal arts are subjects first developed
and taught in ancient Greece. They trained a person's mind. They were
considered different from subjects that were useful in life.
The word college also means a part of a university
that teaches one area of study. That is because the first American universities
divided their studies into many areas and called each one a college.
For example, the University of Texas at Austin has fourteen different
colleges. It also has the most students of any single university in
the country. This year, more than fifty-two-thousand men and women are
studying there.
This VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT was
written by Nancy Steinbach.
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