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Studying in the US: Coming to Terms With Academic Titles
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Not
all college teachers are full professors. Many are assistant or adjunct professors.
This week in our Foreign Student Series, we discuss academic titles in American
higher education.
Adjunct professor Charles Varani at Western Oregon University in Monmouth in 2005
Professors usually have doctorate degrees.
But college students may be taught by instructors who [...]
A Combination Pill Lowers Blood Pressure and Bad Cholesterol
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
Studies
have shown that the fewer medicines a person has to take the more likely he or
she will take them. Last week, a study
was released about a new treatment that combines five medicines for heart
disease in one pill. Salim Yusuf of
McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada was the lead [...]
Studying in the US: Alcohol on Campus
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Most American colleges and universities
take a spring break. Students might go home to their families — or spend a
week partying on a warm beach with no parents around. That is the popular
image, at least.
Police ask for students’ identifications to search for underage drinkers at a hotel during spring [...]
