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Yale university
2. Yale University is one of the oldest and best-known universities of the USA. Read the text and find the information about
3. Comment on the quotation of Richard C. Levin naming the main institutional priorities of The Yale University.
Role play
A first-year student
A student who wants to enter the post-graduate course
A part-time student
A housewife
An unemployed
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YALE UNIVERSITY

1. Before reading the text translate the following words and word combinations into Russian using a dictionary:

along with smb.; prominent; to feature a journal/ magazine/ newspaper; intramural sport; vibrant; to be coed; rivals; notably.

2. Yale University is one of the oldest and best-known universities of the USA. Read the text and find the information about:

the date of foundation;
famous people who studied at Yale;
the number of faculty members working at Yale;
the number of undergraduate and graduate students studying at Yale;
students' organizations;
sports life at Yale;
Yale mascot.

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All U.S. presidents since 1989 have been Yale graduates, namely ссылка скрыта, ссылка скрыта (who attended the University's ссылка скрыта along with his wife, ссылка скрыта ссылка скрыта ссылка скрыта). Many of the ссылка скрыта candidates attended Yale: ссылка скрыта (although he did not graduate), ссылка скрыта, ссылка скрыта, and ссылка скрыта. Many other famous politicians, artists, sportsmen studied at Yale. The ссылка скрыта is notable for producing many prominent Hollywood and Broadway actors.

Yale has 3,200 faculty members, who teach 5,200 undergraduate students and 6,000 graduate students. A large number of students' organizations are associated with the university. ссылка скрыта is the oldest students' political organization in the United States.

The university features a variety of student journals, magazines, and newspapers. The latter category includes the ссылка скрыта, which was first published in 1878 and is the oldest daily college newspaper in the United States.

The ссылка скрыта runs several agencies that oversee campus wide activities and student services. The campus also includes several fraternities and sororities, the most famous of which is ссылка скрыта. A number of prominent ссылка скрыта, including ссылка скрыта, are composed of Yale College students.

Yale intramural sports are a vibrant aspect of student life. Students compete for their respective residential colleges, which fosters a friendly rivalry. The year is divided into Fall, Winter, and Spring seasons, each of which includes about ten different sports. About half the sports are coed. At the end of the year, the residential college with the most points wins the Tyng Cup.

Yale supports 35 varsity athletic teams that compete in the ссылка скрыта. Yale has numerous athletic facilities, including the ссылка скрыта (the nation's first natural 'bowl' stadium, and prototype for such stadiums as the ссылка скрыта and the ссылка скрыта), and the ссылка скрыта, the second-largest indoor athletic complex in the world. The ссылка скрыта, founded in 1881, is the oldest collegiate sailing club in the world. The ссылка скрыта produced several ссылка скрыта sailors. Yale and ссылка скрыта have for most of their history been rivals in almost everything, notably academics, ссылка скрыта and ссылка скрыта.

The school mascot is 'ссылка скрыта', the famous Yale ссылка скрыта, and the Yale ссылка скрыта contains the ссылка скрыта, "Bulldog, bulldog, bow wow wow." The school color is ссылка скрыта (dark blue).

Yale president ссылка скрыта summarized the university's institutional priorities for its fourth century: "First, among the nation's finest research universities, Yale is distinctively committed to excellence in undergraduate education. Second, in our graduate and professional schools, as well as in Yale College, we are committed to the education of leaders."

3. Comment on the quotation of Richard C. Levin naming the main institutional priorities of The Yale University.

Write the summary of the text.
Would you like to get higher education in one of the American universities? If yes, read this information for International Applicants and fill in the application form. Good luck! (see Appendix)

International Applicants!

We appreciate your interest in Harvard College! Since 1636, Harvard has attracted curious, energetic and passionate students to live and to learn in Cambridge. Our undergraduates come from all over the United States as well as 80 countries and have a rich mix of interests, backgrounds, and talents.

If you are applying from a school outside the United States or Canada, you should follow the same procedures and timetables as candidates applying from schools in the United States. There is, however, some special information for students applying from abroad, which you can find on our website: ссылка скрыта.

ROLE PLAY

What role does higher education play in the life of our society? Is it important to have a Diploma to make a successful career? Or is it possible to succeed without higher education?

Read this passage, then choose one of the suggested roles and express your opinion.

Durability of higher education

Occasionally, it is argued that higher education is no longer necessary as it becomes obsolete soon after graduation. This observation is raised of a couple of reasons:

* Industry changes are so fast these days that a particular know-how is only relevant for a short time before it becomes obsolete by the next fad.

* The Internet has made information so pervasive that one can understand and undertake most jobs that previously required training after a short on line search.

* Globalization has led to a decreased emphasis on research as both governments and industries have pursued cost cutting policy. Employers therefore value employees who can provide narrow immediate skills more than those who have broad knowledge. This is ironic that most government leaders are trying to move their governments to information economy.

* Higher education no longer guarantees employment as it used to do in the past.

* As governments have cut back on education spending, some higher education institutions have based their teaching material to a specific vendor in an attempt to secure funding. This however reduces the durability of awarded diploma as its validity is rigidly tied to a particular vendor.

Despite these observations, higher education especially in universities is still important. Higher education, when well delivered, is supposed to educate the candidate how to acquire a necessary skill and why a specific way of dealing with a problem is superior to an alternative. This is possible as higher education allows one to face a problem from a holistic point of view. Higher education also helps to fill the information gap, which is very pervasive in skilled but uneducated employees.

Some relevant facts:

Britian, Canada and the USA have cut their education budget substantially in the last 15 years.
China, on the other hand, has increased its education spending to a ridiculous level. BBC claimed that China has over 700,000 government sponsored students in western universities. That's on top of those who are trained locally.

A host	Announce the theme of discussion and introduce the participants. You must follow the ideas of each participant, ask questions if necessary and carry on the role play.
A first-year student	You've just entered the university and want to become a well-qualified specialist to apply for a well-paid job in future.
A graduate	You are not satisfied with the received education. You work is not connected with the received speciality.
A student who wants to enter the post-graduate course	You are sure that even basic higher education is not enough to reach success in modern world. You want to continue education after the graduation from the university.
A part-time student	It's difficult for you to combine work and study, but you are sure that Diploma will help to make a career and earn good money.
A businessman	You don't have higher education but you've made a fortune. You think that personal qualities and business connections are more important than a Diploma.
Parents	You worry about your 16 y.o. son. You don't want him to join the army but you are scared that he won't be able to get free higher education and you can't afford to cover his tuition fees.
A housewife	You have graduated from the university but you haven't worked a day – you are too busy running the house and bringing up children. You believe that family is more important than career.
A professor	You have been teaching students for 20 years and think that 'present day' students are greatly different from the 'old' ones.
A girl	You want to marry money because you think that it's impossible for a girl to make a career in a 'men's world'.
An unemployed	You have two diplomas but don't have a job. You think that higher education is important but we must also take into account personal qualities and business connections.

Write an essay and express your thoughts about the role of higher education in modern world.

Appendix

СПИСОК ИСПОЛЬЗОВАННОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ

Арбаева, Е.И. Сборник иностранных текстов для изучения английского языка по теме «Наш университет» / Е.И. Арбаева. – Мурманск : МГТУ, 2000.
Бурлак, А.И. Знакомьтесь: Америка! / А.И. Бурлак, Л.И. Кравцова. – М. : Высшая школа, 2005.
Истомина, Е.А. Profiles of the United States / Е.А. Истомина, Ю.Е. Ваулина. – М. : Астрель, АСТ, 2003.
Левашова, В.А. Britain today: life and institutions / В.А. Левашова. – М. : Инфра-М, 2001.
Токарева, Н.Д. What is it like in the USA? / Н.Д. Токарева. – М. : Гриф, МОРФ, 2005.
McDowall, D. Britain in Close-Up / D. McDowall. – London : Longman Group, 2003.
Garton-Sprenger, J. Flying Colours / J. Garton-Sprenger, S. Greenall. – Heinemann, 1992.
Universities in the USA [Электронный ресурс] – Режим доступа: ссылка скрыта. – Заглавие с экрана.
Universities in the USA [Электронный ресурс] – Режим доступа: ссылка скрыта – Заглавие с экрана.
Admissions and Financial Aid [Электронный ресурс] – Режим доступа: ссылка скрыта. – Заглавие с экрана.
Higher Education [Электронный ресурс] – Режим доступа: ссылка скрыта. – Заглавие с экрана.
World Declaration on Higher Education for the twenty first century: Vision and Action [Электронный ресурс] – Режим доступа: ссылка скрыта. – Заглавие с экрана.
American Education [Электронный ресурс] – Режим доступа: ссылка скрыта. – Заглавие с экрана.
Learning Russian in Moscow / Education system in Russia [Электронный ресурс] – Режим доступа: ссылка скрыта. – Заглавие с экрана.
System of Russian Education [Электронный ресурс] – Режим доступа: ссылка скрыта. – Заглавие с экрана.
Europe / the Russian Federation / A brief description of Russian Higher Education [Электронный ресурс] – Режим доступа: ссылка скрыта. – Заглавие с экрана.

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