Exercise 2. Explain the meaning of the words in glossary.

high school

residential college

community college

graduation gown

senior college

athletic fee

resident tuition

credit hour

faculty

MA/MS thesis

junior college

vocational school

campus-collegiate university

tenure

full professor

undergraduate course

an Ivy Leager

the Seven Sisters

class of 1975

alumnus/alumni

sophomore

Exercise 3. Fill in the blanks.

1. Keith is an unknown quantity: the results of his oral assessment may be pretty poor but the _________ will certainly praise him for his writing tests.

A) invigilators B) associate professors C) teaching assistants D) markers

2. Being a brilliant student, my Mom graduated from Yale with honors.—What were her__________?

A) majors B) biases C) affiliations D) in-born abilities

3. Mike’s parents were thrilled to bits about his progress in Spanish. They even traveled to Spain so that their son could master his language code. Right now he has got a good command of five languages. His Italian is a bit ______, though.

A) flowery B)rusty C) authentic D) fluent

4. Sheila can still get ____ in Russian, `cause she spent three years in Moscow working at her thesis under professor Dobronravova.

A) by B) off C) out D) away

5. We were in the same class and in the same group. That’s why I know perfectly well that he could often bluff his way through without any revision for the exams. –It’s amazing! Could I have a look at your ____ ring?

A) wedding B) signet C) engagement D) class

6. My second cousin is not an avid reader, though he passed all his exams in World literature easily and graduated from High School with flying

A) colors B) grades C) marks D) performance

7. I haven’t seen the two of my group mates for ages. Last year they were also conspicuously absent at our ____________ event.

A) fashion B) sports C) students D) alumni

8. “_______________: principle is of crucial importance if you want to get life tenure.

A) “Live or die” B) “Publish-or-perish” C) “Play rough or take your ball and go home”

Exercise 4. Fill in the chart with the information needed about the Ivy-League Universities.

Exercise 5. Project work. Prepare the report on the topic: “Higher Education in the USA: pros and cons”.

Further Reading

1. Higher education in the United States: An encyclopedia / [ed. James Forest and Kevin Kinser]. – N.Y. ABC-Clio, 2002. – 831 p.

* 4-H in the United States is a youth organization administered by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the mission of “engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development”. The four “H”s stand for Head, Heart, Hands, and Health.

** The standardized evaluation of a student’s grades is called GPA (grade point average). Grades in the United States are generally assigned by a letter: A (highest grade, excellent), B (above average), C (average), D (usually the minimum passing grade), and F (fail).

* The terms “college” and “university” are used interchangeably. Differences do exist; a college awards bachelor’s (or undergraduate) degrees mainly, while universities also award master’s and doctoral (or graduate) degrees. Colleges are generally smaller, as well. Larger universities have a wider selection of programs and may be able to provide you with services that a smaller school cannot.

* These are Latin honours.

* Various plans have been suggested to improve teacher performace. These plans include in-service training (for working teachers); master-teacher programs (where successful experienced teachers work together with the beginners); merit-pay programs (reward teachers with additional pay if their students regularly achieve at higher levels).

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