6.B Give the definitions of the following types of education.Which of the terms below are applicable to the higher education system?

a) liberal education

b) general education

c) broad education

d) further education

e) special education

f) adult education

g) cooperative education

h) self-education

i) in-service education

j) compulsory education

k) free education

l) safety education

m) business education

n) continuing education

7. Fill in the gaps with the following words from the box

not only at 2 that for 2 also 2 any of

and 2 of 6 about for example around 2 when

such as which such besides until or 2 with in 3

by 2 to 2 than although but also most

as 5 its in 2

HIGHER EDUCATION is ___ ___various types of education given _____ postsecondary institutions ___ learning and usually affording, ___the end ____a course of study, a named degree, diploma, ____ certificate ______higher studies. Higher-educational institutions include____ _____universities ____ colleges ______ _______ various professional schools _____ provide preparation ____ _____fields ____ law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. Higher education ______ includes teacher-training schools, junior colleges, and institutes of technology. The basic entrance requirement ________ most higher-educational institutions is the completion of secondary education, ____ the usual entrance age is _____18 years.

The system ______ higher education had ____ origin in Europe of the Middle Ages, ____the first universities were established. ______ modern times the nature of higher education _______the world has been largely determined ____ the models established ______ influential countries ________ ________ France, Germany, and the United States.

_________, in France an examination called the baccalauréat is given ____the end of secondary education. Success _____ this examination allows students to attend universities ____ another three or four years ______ they have attained the first university degree.

_______, there are higher-educational institutions known ______ grandes écoles, _____provide advanced professional and technical training. _______ ______these schools are not affiliated ________ the universities, ______ they too recruit their students _____ giving competitive examinations _______ candidates who possess a baccalauréat. France's grandes écoles have been especially copied _______ models of technical schools. Sometimes their diplomas are ranked higher _______ Master’s Degree.

The Germans were the first ______stress the importance of universities _______research facilities, and they _______created a sense of them ____emblems _______ a national mind. The doctoral degree, _____Ph.D., invented in Germany, has gained popularity _____systems _______ the world.

8. What is your vision of the university of the 21^st century? Think in terms of a) democratic tendencies that are underway in higher education; b) strategies that universities are to develop to match the information society and survive in the competitive world.