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‘America’s Oldest University’: Why Penn Can Make Claim
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
We conclude our Foreign Student Series this week with questions from three listeners.
Thu Ya Naing from Burma wants to know how many colleges and universities are in the United States. Alexander Romashchenko in Russia wonders which university in the United States is the oldest. And Mohamad Firouzi in […]
Studying Religion in the US
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
A Chinese woman studying business law in Japan has a question about studying a different kind of law. Wang Yuxian says she is a Christian and would like to know about theological seminary programs for foreign students in the United States.
A theological seminary is a graduate school of […]
How Foreign Citizens Become Doctors in the US
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
We continue our Foreign Student Series this week with a question from a doctor at a hospital in Vietnam. Tran Kinh Thanh in Ho Chi Minh City asks how a foreign doctor can become an American doctor.
One way is to complete a medical residency in the United States. […]
Breaking into News: Journalism Education in US
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
A student at Vietnam National University has a question for our Foreign Student Series. Phuong Lan wants to earn a master’s degree in the United States and would like to know about journalism programs.
One hundred nine programs are recognized by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and […]
US Colleges for the Deaf
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
We are going to talk again this week about higher education for disabled students who want to study in the United States. As we noted last time, the National Federation of the Blind says there are no special colleges or universities for blind students.
But there are for deaf […]
For Blind Foreign Students, Some Aid Available in US
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
A listener in Nigeria has a question about financial aid for blind and visually impaired college students in America. S.A. Ogunlowo in Ile-Ife wants to know if visually impaired foreign students can get a full scholarship as an undergraduate.
Financial aid programs in the United States, especially at the […]
Choosing a Student Exchange Program to Come to the US
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
We continue our Foreign Student Series this week with two questions that we received. Anatolii Artamonov, a university student in Ukraine, would like to know about student exchange programs in the United States. Anatolii would especially like to know about the one called Work and Travel USA. And […]
Virginia Tech: ‘As Strong a Place as It Has Always Been’
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Classes began again at Virginia Tech on Monday, one week after the shootings by a student. Seung-Hui Cho, an English major in his final year of college, killed thirty-two people. He also took his own life.
University officials were criticized for not acting more quickly to warn of the […]
The Formula for Becoming a Pharmacist
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Two listeners, Youngmin Kim in South Korea and Nestor Gastelo in Peru, would like us to talk about pharmacy education in the United States. This will be the subject today in our Foreign Student Series.
“Pharmacists are health professionals who assist individuals in making the best use of medications.” […]
Doctoral Degrees: Aiming for the Top
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Today we continue our discussion of the academic degrees offered by American colleges and universities. Last week, we talked about the associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
The highest degree that a student can earn is a doctorate. Some doctorates are professional degrees, as opposed to a degree based on […]