2016-07-05 Improve Your Listening Skills by Transcribing
In our Education Tips series, education experts in the United States offer advice on how you can improve your knowledge of American English. This week, Pascal Hamon, the Academic Director…
2016-06-28 Conflict in Ukraine Divides University
Russian-supported rebels seized control of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk two years ago. At the time, Marina Nagornaya was a first-year student at Donetsk National University. “I remember that I…
2016-07-02 Balancing Work, Play at Tulane University
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2016-07-19 Should Murder Mysteries Be Used in Classrooms?
The scene is very troubling. White lines mark the place on the floor where a person has fallen — dead. There is blood covering the floor. There is blood on…
2016-06-23 US Supreme Court Upholds College Affirmative Action
The U.S. Supreme Court says the University of Texas can consider race when deciding which students to admit. The case was one of the most closely watched because it deals…
2016-06-21 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…
2016-06-21 Improve Your English by Using Movements
In the Education Tips series, education experts offer suggestions about how you can improve your English skills. This week, Tamara Jones, a program coordinator at the English Language Center at…
2016-06-18 Rolling with the ‘Tide’ at the University of Alabama
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2016-06-14 College Entrance Exams Cancelled in S. Korea, Hong Kong
The non-profit company that gives the ACT college entrance exam canceled plans to give the test last Saturday in South Korea and Hong Kong. Spokesman Edward Colby said the company…
2016-06-13 Students in Brazil Occupy High Schools
Brazil now faces its own Occupy Movement in public schools. High school students have taken over more than 300 public spaces and formed committees to demand meetings with state officials.…
2016-06-11 Making New Friends, Keeping Old Ones at ‘Ole Miss’
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2016-06-07 Improve Your Writing by Studying Critical Thinking
In the Education Tips series, education experts offer suggestions about how you can improve your English skills. This week, Babi Kruchin, a lecturer at the American Language Program at Columbia…
2016-06-04 International Students Find ‘Gator Spirit’ at University of Florida
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2016-06-04 University Student Drops Out of Ivy League
A Columbia University student said she ran away in May because life at the highly ranked school was too stressful. Nayla Kidd of Kentucky was an engineering student at Columbia,…
2016-05-31 Improve Your English By Using Common Objects
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Pronouncing English can be difficult. One reason is because English has some difficult sounds that are – unfortunately for English learners…