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2008-10-7 Foreign Student Series: College, University or Institute?(2/2)

yelanbulb — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:02:00 GMT

MIT says 75 % of freshmen came there with a strong interest and involvement in the arts. Modern universities developed from those of Europe in the Middle ages. The word university from the Latin universities(universitas) describing a group of people organized for a common purpose. College came from collegure(collegium) , a Latin word with the similar meaning. In England, colleges were formed to provide students with places to live. usually each group was studying the same thing. So college came to mean an area with studying. The first of American universities divided their studies into a number of areas and called each one a college. This is still truth. A collage can also be a part of university. For example, Harvard college is the undergraduate part of Harvard university. Programs in higher learning can also be called schools, like school of engineering , or a medical school within a college or an university. You know learning all these terms is an education in itself.

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2008-10-6 Foreign Student Series: College, University or Institute?(1/2)

yelanbulb — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:52:00 GMT

Americans use the term college students to mean students either in colleges or universities. not only that , Americans almost never say going off to universities or when I was in universities. that sounds British. instead they say going off to the college or when I was in college. college and university, what is the difference. we answer that in part 3 of our foreign serials on the American higher education. colleges and universities have many things in common. both offer undergraduates degrees in the arts and sciences for example. and both can help prepare young people to earn a living. but many colleges do not offer graduate studies. another difference is that universities are generally bigger. they offer more programs and do more research. another place of higher education especially in technical areas is an institute ,like MIT. yet even an institute of technology can offer a wide choice of programs and activities.

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2008-9-29 Trying to Contain the Credit Crisis(2/2)

yelanbulb — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:18:00 GMT

in the speech in July ,federal (treasury) secretary XX said that we need to create a resolution process that ensures the financial system can withstand the failure of large com... 阅读全文

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2008-9-28 Trying to Contain the Credit Crisis (1/2)

yelanbulb — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:40:00 GMT

the federal reserve and other major central banks pumped extra money into financial markets on Thursday. the aim was to help calm investors and persuade nervous banks to lend to each other. president Bush cancelled travel plans , and stayed in Washington on Thursday to meet with the economic advisors about the financial crisis. he made a brief public statement on the stroke measure (extraordinary measures) taken by federal government in recent week. he said his administration will continue to add to strengthen them (act to strengthen)financial markets and improve investor confidence. last week, the government took control the nation’s two biggest housing finance companies. and this week the federal agreed to lend up to 85 billion dollars to the largest insurance company-AIG, the American international group. in return the government will own 80 percent of AIG and receive interest on the two year loan. president Bush says the failure of AIG could have caused severe problems on the financial markets, and threatened the other parts of the economy. AIG got into deep trouble on the insurance policies that it provided for securities tied to risky home loans. it has dealings with other(every) major financial company in the united states . and it operates in more than 100 countries.

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2008-9-27 Foreign Student Series: First Steps (2/2)

yelanbulb — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:47:00 GMT

The institute of international education has been organizing united states higher education fairs in Asia since 1982. last year, more than 40,000 students attended these fairs in china , India , Indonia(Indonesia) , Thiland(Thailand) . the next higher education fairs in Asia are in October. For example, more than 70 colleges and universities will have representatives in Hongkong on October 11 th. Other organizations hold similar events in other parts of the world. Information about educational fairs in your country can be found at the same website—education USA. State.org. one important piece of advice : give yourself plenty of time to plan your studies in united states . educational advisers say you should begin planning at least 2 years before you want to start classes .

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2008-9-26 Foreign Student Series: First Steps (1/2)

yelanbulb — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:15:00 GMT

This week in our foreign student series , we discuss the first steps for students interested in higher education in the united states. One place to go for advice and information about American colleges and universities is an education USA center. More than 400 of these educational advising centers are located around the world. The advisors at education USA centers do not charge any money for their services. They help students find schools and get information about financial aids、 admission tests and visa requirements . the centers are supported by the state department. You can find the nearest one on the state department’s website for international students. The address is education USA .states.gov. again, its (it is ) education USA or one word .state.gov. another place to get information is at an educational affair. Representatives of American colleges and universities presented information and answer questions from students and their parents.

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2008-9-25 New Findings on Children and Mental Illness (2/2)

yelanbulb — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:30:00 GMT

The research found that all of the patients experienced about the same improvement. But the and XX(risperidone and olanzapine) caused serious wet game(weight gain) . In fact the ins... 阅读全文

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2008-9-23 For Rural Poor in India, a Better Rat Trap Makes a Big Difference (2/2)

yelanbulb — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:23:00 GMT

xx asked for and received almost 100,000 dollars from the world bank. they use the money to establish a factory to build the traps. it employs 50 women. the traps are sold for about 25 dollars each. rats can destroy 25 percent of the crop. the improved rat trap has saved tons of grain. with the clay pots, rat catchers succeed only 40 percent of the time , some catchers could not earn enough money to feed their family . the steel trap succeeds 95 % of the time. expert on international business visits XX and brought a case study about the rat trap catchers . XX is now a visting assistant professor at Indiana university , her report appeared last Novernmber (November)in the Entrepreneurship journal theory and practice. Indiana has about 3 million XX. 99% can not read or write. but now with the better rat trap, they are earning more money , more are getting health care. and other Indians may think better of them for use motoring (modern) technology . but more importantly city says now many children now go to school instead of catching rats.

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2008-9-22 For Rural Poor in India, a Better Rat Trap Makes a Big Difference (1/2)

yelanbulb — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:25:00 GMT

a better rat trap has led to a better life for the XX tribe in south eastern india, XX are one of the lowest groups in . they live in rural poverty. many work as rat catchers in far... 阅读全文

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2008-9-21 Foreign Student Series: An Introduction(2/2)

yelanbulb — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:49:00 GMT

the united states has more than 4000 colleges and universities to choose from . they come in all sizes from a few hundreds students to enough to populate a city. and students may not even have to be in the united states to take classes. some universities have campuses in other countries. and as XX pointed out that many of the programs are offered over the internet. over the coming weeks , we will talk about all about the American systems of higher education . our reports will take you inside some of the nation’s colleges and universities. we will explore programs of study and report on student life. we will talk about financial aid and employment and about admission’s tests and English language requirements. we will also explain the process for becoming an international student in the united states. and we will talk about how the terrorism attacks of September 11 2001. changed some of the rules . many of the subjects in our foreign students serials are based on your questions and suggestions and . so keep them coming.

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