III. Agree or disagree with the statements:

1. A public institution is supported by public funds.

2. It’s owned and operated only by the government.

3. The government appropriates large sums of money for the institution’s expenses.

4. These suns are normally sufficient to cover all expenses.

5. Public colleges and universities are partially dependent on student fees and gifts.

6. The first state university was founded in 1819.

7. Some state universities have large endowment funds.

8. Other sources of income are students’ fees, gifts and endowments.

9. About 1,200 universities are privately controlled.

10. About 700 of these universities are controlled by religious groups.

IV. Answer the questions:

1. What is a public institution supported by?

2. Which sources does the income of a state institution come from?

3. Which was the first state university?

4. How many state institutions are there in the country?

5. How many universities are privately controlled?

V. Match the first part of the sentence (1-5) with the second one (a-e).

1	Higher education is very expensive:	a	large endowment funds.
2	Students pay tuition to study	b	for the institution's expenses.
3	Some state universities have	c	was the University of Virginia.
4	The first state university	d	at public and private universities.
5	The government appropriates large sums of money	e	many families take out loans to pay for college education.

VI. Make up a plan of the text.

VII. Retell the text in a written form (in English or Ukrainian). Text 9. Colleges and universities in the usa

Ι. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:

To define – визначати, immediately - відразу, to major in - спеціалізуватися в, a grant – стипендія, a dean – декан, a chairman – голова, to cover – охоплювати.

II. Listen to the text: Colleges and Universities in the usa

A college is generally defined as an institution 0f higher learning which offers a course of instruction over a four-year period, and which grants a bachelor's degree at the conclusion of studies. As part of university, a college graduate is distinguished from the graduate of professional school. However the professional schools in some univer­sities are called colleges.

A college prepares the students for two things: either graduate study leading to master's or doctor's degree or a job immediately after graduation. A student who majors in business administration for example, may be fully prepared for a career in business when he has finished college. On the other hand, a student majoring in psychology often must do a great deal of graduate work before he is competent in this field.

The executive head of a college or a university is usually called the president. The various colleges or schools - which make up a university, are headed by deans. Within a school or college there may be departments - according to subject matter fields, each of which may be headed by a professor who is designated as department head or chairman. Other members of the faculty hold academic ranks, such as instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor. Graduate students who give some part-time service may be designat­ed as graduate assistants or fellows.

Students are classified as freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. A freshman is a first year student, a sophomore, a second year student, a junior, a third year student, and a sen­ior, a fourth year student. All students who have graduated from the senior class and who continue studying at a university are classified as advanced students or graduate students. Some graduate students receive grants which cover the cost of their educa­tion; a person on such a fellowship is called a university fellow.

American colleges and universi­ties are either public or private.