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1、ForeignStudentSeries:College,UniversityorInstitute?ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishEducationReport.Americansusetheterm"collegestudents"tomeanstudentseitherincollegesoruniversities.Notonlyhasthat,Americansalmosteversaid“goingofftouniversityorwhenIwasinunive

2、rsity."ThatsoundsBritish.Instead,theysay"goingofftocollege"and"whenIwasincollege."College,university:what'sthedifference?WeanswerthatthisweekinpartthreeofourForeignStudentSeriesonAmericanhighereducation.Collegesanduniversitieshavemanythingsincommon.B

3、othofferundergraduatedegreesintheartsandsciences,forexample.Andbothcanhelpprepareyoungpeopletoearnaliving.Butmanycollegesdonotoffergraduatestudies.Anotherdifferenceisthatuniversitiesaregenerallybigger.Theyoffermoreprogramsanddomoreresearch.Massachuse

4、ttsInstituteofTechnologyAnotherplaceofhighereducation,especiallyintechnicalareas,isaninstitute,liketheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.Yetevenaninstituteoftechnologycanofferawidechoiceofprogramsandactivities.M.I.T.saysthatseventy-fivepercentoffresh

5、mencometherewithastronginterestandinvolvementinthearts.ModernuniversitiesdevelopedfromthoseofEuropeinthemiddleAges.Theword"university"camefromtheLatinuniversities,describingagroupofpeopleorganizedforacommonpurpose."College"camefromcollegiums,aLatinwo

6、rdwithasimilarmeaning.InEngland,collegeswereformedtoprovidestudentswithplacestolive.Usuallyeachgroupwasstudyingthesamething.Socollegecametomeananareaofstudy.ThefirstAmericanuniversitiesdividedtheirstudiesintoanumberofareasandcalledeachoneacollege.Thi

7、sisstilltrue.Acollegecanalsobeapartofauniversity.Forexample,HarvardCollegeistheundergraduatepartofHarvardUniversity.Programsinhigherlearningcanalsobecalledschools,likeaschoolofengineeringoramedicalschoolwithinacollegeoruniversity.Youknow,learningallt

8、hesetermsareaneducationinitself.