Now go through TEXT J quickly and answer questions 57 and 58.
A question that students often ask is, "How do I find the best institutions ?" Unfortunately, there are no simple answers. The first step is to define your academic and career goals, as well as personal preferences about the campus environment. Then find institutions whose goals and offerings most closely match your needs. A second step is to check whether or not institutions are recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA). Each year the American Council on Education publishes for COPA a list of all accredited institutions in the United states, called "Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education". While there may be institutions of high quality, questions should be raised about the acceptance of degrees by, and transfer of credits to and from accredited institutions, and whether or not unaccredited institutions meet the minimum standard of a COPA-recognized institution. Caution should be exercised and considerably more information should be requested from such institutions before enrolling. The United States does not have a ministry of education responsible for regulation of educational institutions. Instead, institutions agree to voluntary self-regulation in the process called accreditation. There are two types of accreditation: institutional and professional. Institutional accreditation refers to the institution as a whole. For conferring institutions institutional accreditation, COPA recognizes six accrediting agencies, as well as accrediting agencies for independent schools and religious colleges. Professional accreditation exists only in fields or programs where professional or occupational competence in the field is a major concern, such as medicine, engineering, business and law. Professional accrediting associations usually require that the entire institution be accredited before they will accredit a particular program. The importance of professional accreditation varies from field to field. Often professional accreditation applies only to the first professional degree. It is important to distinguish between accreditation and state authorization. State authorization or "state approval" may not involve regulation of quality at all, but simply indicate that an institution complies with financial and licensing regulations. Some states do not regulate educational institutions at all. A third step in seeking quality is to avoid institutions that seem too anxious to enroll foreign students. Unfortunately, there are some institutions in the United States that are more interested in the dollars of foreign students than in providing a good education. These institutions are not numerous, but there are enough that caution is necessary. Published rankings (assessments) of colleges and universities are available, but their usefulness varies. There is no "official" ranking of colleges and universities in the United states. Rankings according to competitiveness of admission (that is, the ration of the number of students who apply to the number admitted) are useful in giving an idea of the chances for admission. For other rankings, it is necessary to define your goals carefully, and to make sure that the criteria on which a ranking is based match your criteria for choosing institution. In the final analysis, finding the "best" institutions means finding the institutions that best meet your individual needs and interests.
57. Professional accreditation exists in the following fields or programs except ____
A) medicine.
B) business.
C) religion.
D) engineering.
58. In what way can one find the best institutions in the USA?
A) To define one's academic and career goals, as well as personal preferences about the campus environment.
B) To check whether or not institutions are recognized by the COPA
C) To avoid institutions that seem too anxious to enroll foreign students.
D) All of the above.
TEXT K
First read the following questions.
59. The University of Swansea offers 470 degree courses for ____
A. undergraduates.
B. postgraduates.
C. both A and B.
D. Chinese students.
60. According to the two Chinese students, Swansea is not considered as a ____ city.
A. friendly.
B. expensive.
C. beautiful.
D. safe.
Now go through TEXT K quickly and answer questions 59 and 60.
The University of Wales Swansea has a compact campus a couple of miles from the city center. There are over 10,700 registered students following courses din the arts and social studies, business, economics and law, engineering, heath science and science. The University of Swansea offers 470 degree courses available at undergraduates and postgraduate level. Tutors hold regular discussions with students in order to ensure that they are making satisfactory progress. Satisfactory progress means that a student must attend the required number of lectures and tutorials as well as complete all set assignments. The students must also have passed the assessment scheme appropriate to that module. If, at the end of a year of study, a student fails one or more of the examinations, permission may be given to re-sit in the following September before the beginning of the next session. However, there is no hard and fast rule governing permission to re-sit. Each individual case will be examined very carefully and all the factors, which have any bearing on the students work, including any relevant personal circumstances (such as illness), will be sympathetically taken into consideration. Each student must therefore aim to attain 120 credit points at the end of each year of study, in order to qualify to proceed, or in the case of final-year students, to be eligible to be considered for the award of a degree. Two girls, Sun Yuen Chai and Yau Pui Wah, are studying the MSc in Health Care Management. They are from Shanghai. Sun is 24 and Yau is 25. Sun Yuen Chai:" I chose Swansea because of the quality content of the course and also because of its reputation as a friendly and safe city. I was also impressed by their speed of response to my application. I had everything I need so quickly. I also love being right beside the sea. Yau Pui Wah:" Swansea is so beautiful, and so cheap compared to other UK cities. I found out about Swansea through the British Council and they offered the course I wanted. I love it and hope to stay to do a PhD. I recommend it to Chinese students".
59. The University of Swansea offers 470 degree courses for ____
A) undergraduates.
B) postgraduates.
C) both A and B
D) Chinese students.
60. According to the two Chinese students, Swansea is not considered as a ____ city.
A) friendly.
B) expensive.
C) beautiful.
D) safe.
A question that students often ask is, "How do I find the best institutions ?" Unfortunately, there are no simple answers. The first step is to define your academic and career goals, as well as personal preferences about the campus environment. Then find institutions whose goals and offerings most closely match your needs. A second step is to check whether or not institutions are recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA). Each year the American Council on Education publishes for COPA a list of all accredited institutions in the United states, called "Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education". While there may be institutions of high quality, questions should be raised about the acceptance of degrees by, and transfer of credits to and from accredited institutions, and whether or not unaccredited institutions meet the minimum standard of a COPA-recognized institution. Caution should be exercised and considerably more information should be requested from such institutions before enrolling. The United States does not have a ministry of education responsible for regulation of educational institutions. Instead, institutions agree to voluntary self-regulation in the process called accreditation. There are two types of accreditation: institutional and professional. Institutional accreditation refers to the institution as a whole. For conferring institutions institutional accreditation, COPA recognizes six accrediting agencies, as well as accrediting agencies for independent schools and religious colleges. Professional accreditation exists only in fields or programs where professional or occupational competence in the field is a major concern, such as medicine, engineering, business and law. Professional accrediting associations usually require that the entire institution be accredited before they will accredit a particular program. The importance of professional accreditation varies from field to field. Often professional accreditation applies only to the first professional degree. It is important to distinguish between accreditation and state authorization. State authorization or "state approval" may not involve regulation of quality at all, but simply indicate that an institution complies with financial and licensing regulations. Some states do not regulate educational institutions at all. A third step in seeking quality is to avoid institutions that seem too anxious to enroll foreign students. Unfortunately, there are some institutions in the United States that are more interested in the dollars of foreign students than in providing a good education. These institutions are not numerous, but there are enough that caution is necessary. Published rankings (assessments) of colleges and universities are available, but their usefulness varies. There is no "official" ranking of colleges and universities in the United states. Rankings according to competitiveness of admission (that is, the ration of the number of students who apply to the number admitted) are useful in giving an idea of the chances for admission. For other rankings, it is necessary to define your goals carefully, and to make sure that the criteria on which a ranking is based match your criteria for choosing institution. In the final analysis, finding the "best" institutions means finding the institutions that best meet your individual needs and interests.
57. Professional accreditation exists in the following fields or programs except ____
A) medicine.
B) business.
C) religion.
D) engineering.
58. In what way can one find the best institutions in the USA?
A) To define one's academic and career goals, as well as personal preferences about the campus environment.
B) To check whether or not institutions are recognized by the COPA
C) To avoid institutions that seem too anxious to enroll foreign students.
D) All of the above.
TEXT K
First read the following questions.
59. The University of Swansea offers 470 degree courses for ____
A. undergraduates.
B. postgraduates.
C. both A and B.
D. Chinese students.
60. According to the two Chinese students, Swansea is not considered as a ____ city.
A. friendly.
B. expensive.
C. beautiful.
D. safe.
Now go through TEXT K quickly and answer questions 59 and 60.
The University of Wales Swansea has a compact campus a couple of miles from the city center. There are over 10,700 registered students following courses din the arts and social studies, business, economics and law, engineering, heath science and science. The University of Swansea offers 470 degree courses available at undergraduates and postgraduate level. Tutors hold regular discussions with students in order to ensure that they are making satisfactory progress. Satisfactory progress means that a student must attend the required number of lectures and tutorials as well as complete all set assignments. The students must also have passed the assessment scheme appropriate to that module. If, at the end of a year of study, a student fails one or more of the examinations, permission may be given to re-sit in the following September before the beginning of the next session. However, there is no hard and fast rule governing permission to re-sit. Each individual case will be examined very carefully and all the factors, which have any bearing on the students work, including any relevant personal circumstances (such as illness), will be sympathetically taken into consideration. Each student must therefore aim to attain 120 credit points at the end of each year of study, in order to qualify to proceed, or in the case of final-year students, to be eligible to be considered for the award of a degree. Two girls, Sun Yuen Chai and Yau Pui Wah, are studying the MSc in Health Care Management. They are from Shanghai. Sun is 24 and Yau is 25. Sun Yuen Chai:" I chose Swansea because of the quality content of the course and also because of its reputation as a friendly and safe city. I was also impressed by their speed of response to my application. I had everything I need so quickly. I also love being right beside the sea. Yau Pui Wah:" Swansea is so beautiful, and so cheap compared to other UK cities. I found out about Swansea through the British Council and they offered the course I wanted. I love it and hope to stay to do a PhD. I recommend it to Chinese students".
59. The University of Swansea offers 470 degree courses for ____
A) undergraduates.
B) postgraduates.
C) both A and B
D) Chinese students.
60. According to the two Chinese students, Swansea is not considered as a ____ city.
A) friendly.
B) expensive.
C) beautiful.
D) safe.