新思维本科英语阅读教程 (1)

1. According to your personal experience, what is the value of college education?
2. Do you think the cost of college tuition is a heavy burden for a family?
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As You Read
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As You Read
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Differences along racial and gender lines were also evident through out the survey results.
Communities of color support increased funding for highore than white people, perhaps because many expect future college attendees will come from these house holds. The proportion of Hispanics, in particular, is expected to be more than double in the not-too-distant future. And younger women support increased funding for higher education significantly more than men, perhaps because they feel more strongly that they will benefit from a college degree.
Part 1
As You Read
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Directions: In this section, you will read an article Is College Still Worth It? You need to finish the exercises and note down the starting time and the ending time. During the process of reading, please read with your eyes moving quickly for the purpose of focused reading. Get the main idea of each paragraph and the sub-ideas. At the end of the reading, please check your time and your understanding of this article. Is College Still Worth It? Do a simple Google News search on “higher education” and you‟ll get a lot of stories about how expensive it is, how much debt students are accumulating, whether college graduates are faring any better in tough economic times than any one else, and whether a college education really
translates into a better future. Cumulatively, they beg the question, “Is a college education worth it?”
Recent poll results obtained by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities(AASCU) shed some light on what Americans think about the value of a college education. The data shows the public is split on the question, with college graduates more than twice as likely to say, “Yes, it‟s worth it, ”than non-college graduates.
So basically, those who see the greatest value in higher education are those who already have
a college degree and those who perceive they have the most socio-economic advantages to gain. What do we actually know about the value of a college education? The answer on a number of dimensions is pretty resounding and it is, “Yes, it‟s worth it.”
UNIT ONE
A College Education
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PART 2
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PART 3
Case Study
PART 4
Self-assessment Checklist
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Before You Read
Directions: Group in four and discuss the following questions.