Unit 6: Education in the United States

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Exercise Ⅰ

I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false:

1.	Critics of the affirmative action programs are of the opinion that this results in reverse discrimination and inequality.
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2.	The Servicemen's Readjustment Act, or GI Bill of Rights, gave veterans priority in finding better jobs.
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3.	Nowadays many students in American universities get degrees that are aimed at preparing them specifically for certain professions.
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4.	Liberal Arts used to mean arts and skills for free humans, not slaves, in the time of Roman Empire.
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5.	According to the author, larger universities are always better, and more desirable universities are always more expensive.
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6.	It takes at least four years to get a bachelor's degree from an institution of higher learning in the US.
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7.	Segregating blacks into separate schools was unconstitutional after the decision of the Supreme Court in 1954.
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8. Harvard College was originally founded to train government officials.
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