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AmericanHigherEducationKeywords:highereducationcampuslifeSummary:educationplaysanimportantroleincountry’sdevelopmentandhasbeendrawnmoreattention.AimingatAmericanhighereducation,Imakeabriefintroduction.SomethingabouttheeducationsystemofAmericanhighereducation,reflectingonitscharacteristics,andmoreaboutthecampuslife.Educationplaysanimportantroleinthedevelopmentofacountryandhasbeenasignofcomprehensivestrength.Duetothedifferencesofpolitical,economic,cultureandotheraspects,everycountry’seducationsystemhasitsowncharacteristics,whichcanbemoreeasilyreflectedbyhighereducation.ThefollowingisabriefdescriptionoftheAmericanhighereducation.Americansattachgreatimportancetoeducation.Nowthereareabout3,300highschoolsand12millionstudentsoftheUnitedStates.Someschoolsarepublicandothersareprivate.Thedifferenceisthemannerinwhichtheschoolsaresupportedandcontrolled.Publicschoolsaresupportedbytaxesandinchargeoflocalgovernment.Theyarenotinfluencedbyreligion.Studentsindifferentreligionscanstayinoneclassroomandstudy,sothereisnodiscrimination.Privateschoolsarenotinchargeofgovernment.Itisindependentlyfunded,connectingwithreligiousgroups,andmostofthemareinchargeoftheRomanCatholicChurch.Studentscangethighereducationincollegeoruniversity.Collegereferstotheschoolwherehighschoolgraduatescanbeadmittedandlearnknowledge.Comparedtouniversity,collegeissmallerinscaleandnotsoprofessional.Butinsomecertainaspects,collegeisalsogood.Whileuniversityisrelativelylargeinscaleandismorecomprehensiveandcomplex.Usually,auniversityhasseveralcolleges,wherestudentscanlearnsomeprofessionalknowledgeorskills.Ingeneral,auniversityismadeupofscienceandengineeringcollegeandliberalartscollege.Bothofthemhavesomebranches,suchasbuilding,machine,informationtechnology,language,economyandsoon.Afterastudentchoosinghismajor,hewillbeastudentofonecollegetolearnprofessionalknowledge.Inuniversities,studentsnotonlytakethenecessarycourses,butalsotodosomeresearchinthefieldtheymajorin.Therearesomefamousuniversities,suchasHarvard,Yale,andStanfordUniversity.Withbetterfacilities,moreresearch,moreteachers,andmorebranchesofsubjects,thefamousuniversitiesdevelopmoretalentsandmakemuchprogressinscienceandtechnology.InAmerica,thereiscommunitycollege,two-yearcollege,statecollege,instituteoftechnologyandsoon.Inafour-yearuniversity,therearefourgrades:freshman,sophomore,junior,andsenior.Inthefirsttwoyears,studentsaretaughtbasiccourses,suchasEnglish,science,foreign,languagesandsocialscience.Andlater,theywilllearnsomethingabouttheirmajoranddosomepracticeorresearch.What’stheAmericancampuslifelike?ClassroomAtmosphere.Everyteacherhashisownteachingstyleandthestyleisnotfixed.Generallyspeaking,theclassroomatmosphereisrelaxandactive.Studentsareencouragedtotalk,expresstheiropinions,anddosomeactionstoshowtheirideas.Intheclass,studentsaremorecreativeandcooperativewithstudentsandteachers.Theirinterestsandpassionaboutoneproblemorquestioncanbegreatlyimproved.Americanhighereducationalsocarriesoutcreditsystem.Studentscandecidewhenandwhichsubjecttolearn,onlytofollowtheflowchartofyourmajor.Whenstartingschoolinthefirstyear,studentsreceiveaflowchart，somethingaboutthecoursestheymusttakeandthelowestscoretheyhavetoearn.Buteverytermastudentmustgetdeterminatescore.Thusinoneclassstudentsmaybefromdifferentmajorsanddifferentgrades.Alsotheclassroomisnotfixed.Sometimesthereare100studentsinaclass,whichiscrowed.Sometimesteachersmaynotrelyonthetextbookandtheyarestudent-centered.Theycaremoreaboutthecreativitydevelopmentandindependentthinkingofstudents.Suchteachingstyleandclassroomatmosphereishelpfulforimprovingtheabilityandpersonalskills.Studentsarenotrequiredtomemorize,listen,orwrite,theycanacquireknowledgesolidly.Meanwhile,theywillbeimpressedbythewaytosolvetheproblemandthewayofthinking.TheAccommodation.Inmostuniversities,studentscanchoosetoliveoncampusorliveoffcampus.Bothofthemhaveadvantagesanddisadvantages.Liveoncampusisconvenientandfasttogototheclassroomorlibrary.Youcanmeetwithstudentsandcommunicatewitheachothermoreeasily.Second,talkingabouttheproblemsofstudyandlifeisagoodwaytodevelopfriendship.Third,livingoncampuscanberelativelycheap,soyoucansavemoneyandtime.Butthespaceofthedormitoryislimited,soyoumayfeelnotfree.Liveoffcampus.Youcanchoosetolivewithafamily,butyouhavetodosomethingyourself.Infact,itisagoodwaytopracticeyourselftobeindependent.Youcanlearnsomethingaboutthelocalcustomsfromthefamilyandimproveyourabilitytocommunicatewithothers.Obviously,ittakesmoretimetogotoschoolandcleanhouse,soyoushoulddothingsquicklyandefficiently.PersonallyIthinklivingoffcampusmaybegoodforus,especiallyforainternationalstudent.YoucannotonlypracticeyourspeakingEnglish,butalsohaveabetterunderstandingofthelocalculture.Thelibrary.Everyuniversityhasitsownlibrary.Itcanbethebestplacetostudyandreadsomebooksyouinterestedin.Usually,thelibraryhasalargecollectionofdifferentkindsofbooks.Inaddition,manycoursesrequirestudentstoreadbooksandlookupmagazinesorthoughtheInternettogettheinformationtheyneed.Thereisonlinelibrarywithalltheinformationaboutthebooks.Withthehelpofc