VOA慢速英语--研究发现美国高校IT服务面临严重的资金困难

US College IT Services Face Serious Spending Limits, Study Finds Information technology, or IT, has entered into almost every part of modern life, and higher education is no exception. Yet while many businesses and governments continue to invest in I

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - For-Profit Colleges

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. President Obama wants the United States to have the world's highest rate of college graduates. But his administration also wants stronger rules for colleges that operate for profit. Career colleges re

VOA慢速英语--You Won’t Get Grades at These Colleges

At most American colleges, teachers give students grades that evaluate their performance in class. The grades range from A to F with A the highest and F signaling failure. But some colleges do not use grades. Instead, teachers write reports on what t

Changing Colleges in the US Is Complex, Costly

Savannah College of Art and Design, or SCAD, is a private university in the American state of Georgia. In 2003, Sarah Luthans believed it would be the best place for her to study painting. But after two years there, Luthans found she wanted more crea

Some Colleges Ask for Part of Future Salary Instead of Loans

Young people graduating from colleges and universities in the United States face increasing amounts of debt. Some colleges however are now offering students another way to pay for their studies. They pay for a students education in return for a perce

VOA慢速英语-Education Report - Foreign Student Series: College,

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Americans use the term college students to mean students either in colleges or universities. Not only that, Americans almost never say going off to university or when I was in university. That sounds

Students at For-Profit Colleges Are Worse Off

Students at For-Profit Colleges Are Worse Off A new study says students who attended for-profit private colleges in the United States to learn a trade saw their earnings drop. The report by the National Bureau of Economic Research said, on average, p

Study: Republicans See Colleges Hurting America

A majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters say American colleges and universities have a negative effect on the United States. That is one of the findings of a new report by the Pew Research Center. The report was based on phone intervie

Fewer New International Students Attending US Colleges

For the first time in 12 years, the number of new international students attending American colleges and universities has dropped. That information comes from the 2017 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. The report is a project o

Most Large US Public Colleges Fail to Keep Records on Suicides

Most large public universities in the United States do not keep records of how many students have taken their own lives. Yet many American colleges and universities are making investments in suicide prevention. And the demand for mental health servic

VOA慢速英语2018--What Do Colleges Want?

For many people, the college admissions process can seem mysterious. But what college admissions officials want is not a secret. Schools present what they want in the form of big data. That information is available to anyone online. Students can use

听歌学英语:欧美经典对唱情歌You Can Trust In Me

I know我知道 It is hard to fall love你很难坠入爱河 When you feel blue当灰暗的忧伤 Deep inside your heart充满了你的心 Im sure我坚信 You got so much more to give你的内心还藏着无尽的热情 Believe in me相信我 I can

英语歌曲:Don't Trust Me

Don't Trust Me Black dress with the tights underneath, I got the breath of the last cigarette on my teeth, And shes an actress (actress), But she ain't got no need. Shes got money from her parents in a trust fund back east. T-t-t-tongues always press

英语歌曲:You Can Trust In Me

淡淡的旋律,舒缓的男声,略带沙哑的女声,共同演绎一曲令人难忘的You Can Trust In Me! Tang nguoi toi yeu - You Can Trust In Me I know It is hard to fall love When you feel blue Deep inside your heart I'm sure You got so much mor

Colleges Look to Change Admission Process

Colleges Look to Change Admission Process Educators across the U.S. are calling for major changes to the admissions process in higher education. The National Center for Educational Statistics (or NCES) reported that U.S. colleges and universities rec

VOA标准英语2010-American Colleges are Going Green

Almost 700 roof-mounted panels help to power the environmental-studies building at Oberlin College in Ohio, which is routinely included in top-20 lists of America's greenest colleges. The nickname of sports teams at Tulane University in New Orleans i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Christian Colleges Are Tangled In Their Own LGBT Policies

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We have reported here before on a conflict between Christian conservatives and supporters of LGBT rights. Religious colleges can be a battleground in that struggle. Many of those schools hold to a belief that marriage is only for

美国国家公共电台 NPR Top Colleges Seeking Diversity From A New Source: Transfer Students

AILSA CHANG, HOST: At some of our nation's top universities, more and more students are coming from an unlikely place - community college. That's because many Ivy League and other elite schools are accepting more transfer students. This is unusual be

TED演讲:企业垄断的新时代(5)

The market is not the society. Our societies are, of course, much, much more than the market. 市场不是社会。我们的社会，当然比市场要大许多。 But lack of trust in the market can rub off on society so we lose trust in our society

公众人物毕业演讲第322期:阿丽安娜.哈芬顿2013史密斯学院(12)

But the second truth is that we're all going to spend most of our lives not in that place 而第二条真理我们总是将生命中大部分时间用在这个地方之外 We keep veering away from that place again and again and again In fact, we may