American Global University is a private institution of higher learning, in June of 1996()
A.founding
B.to found
C.having founded
D.founded
A.founding
B.to found
C.having founded
D.founded
Questions are based on the following passage.
Across the board, American colleges and universities are not doing a very good job of preparing their students for the workplace or their post-graduation lives.This was made clear by the work of two sociologists, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa.In 2011 they released a landmark study titled"Academically Adrift," which documented the lack of intellectual growth experienced by many people enrolled in college.In particular, Arum and Roksa found, college students were not developing the critical thinking, analytic reasoning and other higher-level skills that are necessary to thrive in today"s knowledge-based economy and to lead our nation in a time of complex challenges and dynamic change.
Arum and Roksa placed the blame for students" lack of learning on a watered-down college curriculum and lowered undergraduate work standards.Although going to college is supposed to be a Full-time job, students spent, on average, only 12 to 14 hours a week studying and many were skating through their semesters without doing a significant amount of reading and writing.Students who take more challenging classes and spend more time studying do learn more.But the priorities of many undergraduates are with extracurricular activities, playing sports, and partying and socializing.
Laura Hamilton, the author of a study on parents who pay for college, will argue in a forthcoming book that college administrations are overly concerned with the social and athletic activities of their students.In Paying for the Party, Hamilton describes what she calls the “arty pathway," which eases many students through college, helped-along by various clubs that send students into the party scene and a host of easier majors.By sanctioning this watered-down version of college, universities are"catering to the social and educational needs of wealthy students at the expense of others" who won"t enjoy the financial backing or social connections of richer students once they graduate.
These students need to build skills and knowledge during college if they are to use their degrees as a stepping-stone to middle-class mobility.But more privileged students must not waste this opportunity either.As recent graduates can testify, the job market isn"t kind to candidates who can"t demonstrate genuine competence, along with a well-cultivated willingness to work hard.Nor is the global economy forgiving of an American workforce with increasingly weak literacy, math and science abilities.College graduates will still fare better than those with only a high school education, of course.But a university degree unaccompanied by a gain in knowledge or skills is an empty achievement indeed.For students who have been coasting through college, and for American universities that have been demanding less work, offering more attractions and charging higher tuition, the party may soon be over.
What is Arum and Roksa‘s finding about higher education in America? 查看材料
A.It aims at stimulating the intellectual curiosity of college students.
B.It fails to prepare students to face the challenges of modern times.
C.It has experienced dramatic changes in recent years.
D.It has tried hard to satisfy students" various needs.
The purpose of setting up an outstanding group of "global universities" is to ______.
A.compete for excellent students
B.compete with American institutions
C.attract more foreign students
D.make contributions to economic growth
A、Renowned Pronunciation, General American
B、Renowned Pronunciation, Global American
C、Received Pronunciation, General American
D、Received Pronunciation, Global American
A.decline
B.halt
C.accelerate
D.aggravate
Both scientists warned that global warming could____________(妨碍臭氧空洞的修复), which is about the size of the North American continent.
According to the Secretary-General, the American government has______.
A.tried its best to persuade the Congress to pass a bill on global warming
B.raised American people"s awareness about global warming
C.been searching for a successor to the Kyoto treaty
D.promised that the Kyoto treaty would expire in 2015
A、widely adopted by global insurance industry
B、only used by insurance companies based in London
C、widely adopted by both British insurance companies and Chinese insurance companies
D、only used by American and European insurance companies
A.Top American manager.
B.Global capitalism.
C.Technology and economic integration.
D.The global labor force.
A、American families are fond of traveling around the world with their children
B、American people are worried about the shaky position of America in the world
C、American children are forced to learn to be versatile
D、American parents are clever at cultivating their children with a global perspective
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