Topical vocabulary. Higher education in the United States of America

HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

B) Make up and act out the stories illustrating the given proverbs.

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

1. Who is who: applicant/prospective student; freshman; sophomore, junior, senior, undergraduate student; graduate (grad) student; part-time student;.transfer student; night stu­dent; faculty:¹ teaching assistant, assistant professor, associate professor, (full) professor; counselor.²

2. Administration: dean, assistant dean, department chair­man; President of the University; academic vice-president; stu­dent government; board of trustees.

3. Structure: college (college of Arts anil Sciences); school (school of Education), evening school;'grad school; summer school;³ college of continuing education;⁴ department; career development and job placement office.²

4. Academic calendar: fall spring term/semester; fall, winter, spring, summer quarter; school/academic year; exam period/days — reading days/period;⁵ break/recess; deadline⁶ (fall term break; whiter recess or winter holidays, summer vaca­tion).

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¹ The entire teaching staff at an educational institution.

² For detailed information see Appendix (p. 262).

³ Classes taken in summer (during vacation time) to earn additional credits or to improve one's proficiency.

⁴ In-service training, updating one's qualification.

⁵ One or more days to read up for an examination.

⁶ The last date for a retake.

5. Academic programs: course (a one / three credit course); to take a course, to give a lecture; pass-fail course;¹ elective, a major/to major (what's your major?); a minor (second in importance); discussion session; seminars; a more academic class, usually with grad students; a student-teacher.

6. Grades: to get/to give a grade; pass-fail grading (e. g.: to take grammar pass-fail); grades A, B, C, D, E; A-student; to graduate with straight A; a credit, to earn a credit; education record.²

7. Tests: quiz; to take/to give an exam; to retake an exam (a retake); to flunk a course; to flunk smb; to drop out/to with­draw; a pass-fail test; multiple choice test; essay test; SAT, PSAT (preliminary SAT) ACT; GPA.³

8. Red Tape: to register (academically and financially); to enroll for admission; to interview; to sign up for a course; to select classes/courses; to drop a course, to add a course,⁴ a student I.D.,⁵ library card; transcript; degrees: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; to confer a degree; to confer tenure, thesis, paper, dissertation.

9. Financing: full-time fees; part-time fees; graiits; student financial aid; to apply for financial aid; to be eligible for finan­cial assistance; scholarship; academic fees; housing fees; a col­lege work-study job.

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