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…
2016-05-13 How Colleges Keep Students from Dropping Out
Tyler Mulvenna worked three jobs last summer, but was still short the money he needed to pay for college. Mulvenna, 21, a junior at Georgia State University in Atlanta, got…
2016-05-10 Education Tips: Improve Your English by Looking for Patterns
In the Education Tips series, education experts in the United States give you tips about how you can improve your English skills. This week, Eli Hinkel, a professor at Seattle…
2016-05-24 Improve Your Pronunciation By ‘Shadowing’ Others
Many English learners can improve their pronunciation by listening carefully to native English speakers and trying to match the up-and-down movement of their sentences. That is the opinion of Marla…
2016-05-07 Fewer US Students Are Ready for College
Fewer high school students in the United States were ready for college in 2015, say recent test results. Only 37 per cent of seniors scored at or above proficiency level…