1. About
percent of American students go to
schools and
percent attend private schools.
2. The Puritans introduced
education for all children and public taxation for
in the 17th century.
3. The goal of education in the United States is to achieve universal
and provide individuals with
and
necessary to promote the welfare for individuals and the general
public.
4. Every state in America has its own laws about
and all states require young people to
. Thus, every child in America is guaranteed up to
years of education.
5. Every year more than
million students graduate from secondary schools, only about
million students go on for
.
6. Public and private colleges depend on three sources of income:
, endowments and
.
7. Some colleges in America are small and others are large. A small
one has fewer than
students, but a large university has a total enrollment of
students.
8. After earning a certain number of credits (about 120) in four
years of college, the undergraduate student gets a
degree. The other two higher degrees are
and
.
9. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act promised to give financial
aid to
after the end of World War II.
10. Some of the programs to equalize educational opportunities for
all groups were called
.
11. About 25% of all schools of higher education in America are
privately operated by
.
12. The State University of New York had more than 60
in different parts of the state.
13. By 1955, more than two million veterans of World War II and
of the Korean War had used their
to go to college, as they believed that a college
would improve their chances for a good job in the postwar economy.
