- An Overview of Higher Education System in United States
- Posted By:
- Chris J
- Posted On:
- 04-Mar-2010
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United States is highly renowned for its education and the quality of educational institutions. Universities in United States attract a lot of international students from all over the world. The higher education in United States is completely different and varied from the school education.
The prestigious universities are funded by public as well as private sector. Universities in United States are a great medium for achieving academic excellence. The type’s universities that are included under higher education are public, private, liberal art colleges and community colleges. Every state has its own independent protocol when it comes to governing the system of the university.
Education is compulsory in the United States. After completing schooling a student has a lot of options when it comes to higher education. Bachelor’s degree colleges which are normally the graduation colleges offer four year courses in a number of subjects such as bachelor’s Arts (B.A) and Bachelor’s of Science (B.S).
These are also known as the undergraduate programs. Along with this, there are also community colleges which offer associate degree in mist of the subjects and it’s a two year course after which a student can do a post graduation or a master’s in the particular subject of his choice.
There are other institutions in United States that offer diploma courses in terms of higher education. Some of the universities emphasize on vocational course, others on engineering and the rest of them on the graduation courses.
There are some universities which might also combine one or more types of courses so that the students have a wide range of options to choose from. After a attaining a bachelor’s degree in a particular subject a student can vouch for a master’s degree in the same field which requires a lot of research and experimentations.
Higher education in the United States is properly planned and executed. The qualities of teachers teaching at universities are highly qualified and efficient. There is a lot of interaction between students and teachers. The study material is more of research and practical based rather than theory.
There is an overall participation from the students as well as the teachers. The teachers, just like the students have to give exams from time to time which are a method of assessing and grading them. The student’s cal also applies to a number of universities of their choice but then again they have to undertake entrance exams according to the prescribed criteria.
The common entrance exams which an international student is expected to clear as a part of higher education in United States is the GMAT, SAT, ACT etc. There are other things also that are required to be fulfilled apart from clearing these exams. The financing of every university is independent and varies accordingly from one state to another.
Also the goals, rules and priorities of every university are different from the other. Every university has an innovative approach towards education which eventually forms a diverse view amongst the students and thereby becomes a symbol of reputation representing the higher education in United States.