Daily Archives July 11, 2015

For a very long time America has led the world in higher education, quantitatively at least. In 1825 England still had only two

universities, Oxford and Cambridge. The United Stutee ulrcudv hud over fifty colleges for a smaller population...

America has had a great respect for education from its earliest times. Education is now the most important factor in determining a person’s social role and economic prospects. Universities were founded in the earliest days of the settlers who had come across from England...

I. PRELISTENING________________________

B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts

1. guilty/unjustly

2. innocent until proven guilty

3. code of laws

4. common law/precedents

5. testimony/verdict

6. private parties

7. compensatory/punitive damages

8. "beyond a reasonable doubt"

9. convicted

10...

I. PRELISTENING

B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts

1. setting foot

2. instruction/separated

3. correspondence

4. accredited/community

5. upgrade/continuous

6. budget crunches

7. access/technology

8. modes/vary

9. via mail/download

10. residency

11. dropout/traditional

12. unscrupulous/alluring

13. credentials

D...

I. PRELISTENING__________________________________________________

B. Vocabulary and Key Concepts

1. violent/aggravated

2. enforcement/stringent

3. white-collar/embezzlement

4. aggressive/predisposed to

5. to blame/shortcomings

6. root/proliferation

7. deprived of/strike out

8. underclass/disproportionately

9...