British and American Universities

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American colleges and universities are among the worlds most prestigious. More than thirty of the highest-ranked forty five institutions are in the United States. Students can apply to any university and college they want to, but the most brilliant ones are selected by the universities, as long as they are able to pay school fees. In the United States, we have two types of universities: private universities (like Harvard, Princeton or Yale) that are very selective (they choose the best students only) and expensive and public schools, which are more reachable. In the United Kingdom, universities are famous thanks to their history. There are old universities like Cambridge, Oxford or St Andrews, which are known all over the world.

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[...] British and American Universities 1. Briefly present the university system in the US and the UK and the selection process adopted by the elite universities in both countries American college and universities are among the world's most prestigious. Indeed, more than thirty of the highest-ranked forty five institutions are in the United States. Students can apply to every universities and colleges they want to, but the most brilliant ones are selected by the universities, as long as these students are able to pay school fees. [...]

[...] In the UK the university system is different from the American system. Universities in the UK are generally public institutions. Indeed, the majority of British universities are state financed, so that school fees aren't as expensive as in America (except for public schools). The tuition fees cannot overtake a certain amount and the governments help the poorest students. As a matter of fact, it is easier to go to the college in the UK. On that grill bellow we can see the top ten of the universities and we can see that they are all British and American ones Give facts and figures about the cost of college education When students are accepted in the universities they have chosen, they have to face up the problem of the tuition fees. [...]

[...] But the main reason is that universities have to reach excellence and have to be prestigious. That is the reason why sometimes, education and business are confused Present the consequences for students and their parents and the solutions they have adopted As they have to pay significant amounts for their studies, students have to face a big problem: debts. Indeed, as tuitions fees are very important, parents' contribution or part time jobs aren't enough, students have to borrow money. And the problem is that it is hard for them to repay that money and that repaying can take a long time. [...]

[...] As in the UK universities are state financed, the government has decided that tuition fees would not overtake £3000 a year, but British universities say that amount isn't enough, they want no limit on fees and higher fees for some courses (the most popular ones) Analyse the causes of the phenomenon (why is university so expensive?) The reason why universities are that expensive are numerous. First, universities must be attractive for the best professors (that they have to pay) and the best students. So they have to invest a lot of money to offer excellent courses and a lot of extracurricular activities and clubs, important libraries, computers, the Internet. That represents a large part of a university spending. [...]

[...] Indeed, we have, according to me, a fair university system, where everyone can study and claim to a future, without being crippled with debts. So, of course there are very expensive private schools, but the good thing is that these private schools aren't more prestigious than public universities. Bibliographie indicative Green, Andy, Education and state formation: the rise of education systems in England, France and the USA Education for social citizenship: perceptions of teachers in the USA, Australia, England, Russia and China , edited by W. O. Lee and Jeffrey T. [...]