Archive for February, 2009
Foreign Student Series: First Steps
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 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 EducationUSA center. [...]
Foreign Student Series: College, University or Institute?
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 British. Instead, they say “going off to college” and “when [...]
NYU Pushes Foreign Study
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The number of American students who study in other countries has been growing. The Institute of International Education, in its most recent report, counted more than two hundred twenty-three thousand, a record. Katie Parker, right, advises Sophia Prantera, 18, on study abroad programs at Michigan State University [...]
