Education

Studying in the US: Foreign Graduates and Jobs

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
We
answered a question last week about how American college students find jobs
after they graduate. Now, we discuss foreign graduates. The process for employing
foreign workers in the United States is long. It involves different government
agencies. It also involves a hot political issue.

President Obama signing the $787 billion federal [...]


Studying in the US: Foreign Graduates and Jobs

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
We
answered a question last week about how American college students find jobs
after they graduate. Now, we discuss foreign graduates. The process for employing
foreign workers in the United States is long. It involves different government
agencies. It also involves a hot political issue.

President Obama signing the $787 billion federal [...]


Ms. Has a Longer History (or Herstory) Than You Might Think

AA: I’m Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER:
our language-hunting friend Ben Zimmer has been tracking the origin of
the female title “Ms.,” which, unlike Mrs. for a married woman and Miss
for someone who’s single, does not indicate marital status. Most people
assume it came from the feminist movement of the nineteen seventies.
But thanks [...]