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Online education
Millions of people have rejected traditional education in
favor of E-learning. And many universities have set up E-learning
centers. Online-learning enrollments are growing 33 percent
a year and are expected to hit 2.2 million by 2004.
数以百万计的人已经摒弃了传统教育，转而选择网络教育。许多大学设立了网络教育中心。（根据美国资料）美国在线学习学生人数增长了33％，预计在2004年将达到220万。
Wages for teachers
According to National Faculty Salary Survey in Private Four-Year
Colleges and Universities(2000-01), the highest-paying discipline/major
field is Law, in which the overall average salary is $108,450.
The other disciplines/major fields in the top five are Public
Health, $89,706; Financial Management and Services, $89,523;
Chemical Engineering, $82,878; and Electrical, Electronics
and Communications Engineering, $80,848. A wider salary
survey by the American Association of University Professors
(AAUP) found a 3.5 percent increase in average salaries
for faculty at public and private institutions in recent
years.
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根据美国全国四年制私立大学教职人员工资调查（2000－2001），工资最高的学科、专业领域为法律，平均工资为$108
450。排名前五位的其他学科、专业依次为公共健康（$89 706）;金融管理与服务($89 523); 化工（$82
878）; 电气、电子与通讯工程（$80 848）。美国大学教授协会一项范围更广的调查发现美国公私立高等学校教职人员的工资近年来有平均3.5％的增幅。
Register for classes
Students register their classes with the help of their teachers.
They are encouraged to register early, as class sizes are
usually limited to a certain number of students and are
filled on a first-come, first-served basis. They may register
through the mail, by phone/fax or in person at the Center.
Today, it is widespread at colleges and universities to
register through the Internet, so it is no longer a phenomenon
that students stand in a long line waiting to register for
classes at the registration center.
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学生在教师的指导下进行选课。学校通常鼓励及早选课，因为班级的规模总是限制在一定的学生数目内，按照先来先得的规则确定。学生可以通过邮件、电话或传真、或学生本人在选课中心选课。现在，在各大学通过互联网选课是普遍的作法，所以学生排长队在选课中心等候登记的现象已经不再存在。
Online life
It is certainly true that life online is inescapable. Colleges
that have invested a great deal in online learning have
often discovered that the extra work for the teachers has
been more than they expected, and so have some of the financial
costs thus far. However, online education is quite new,
and in the future the author's optimistic predictions may
all come true.
确实，网络生活是无法逃避的。在网络学习上投入大量资金的各大学常常发现等待教师去做的额外工作比预期的要多，资金方面的成本至今也是比预想的大。然而，网络教育是崭新的事物，在将来本文作者的乐观预言会全部实现。
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