Making Sense of American Slang

Pulling my leg? Nice hat trick? Let’s bail? I call shotgun? Lit AF?? If you are not sure what the above statements mean, you are not alone. Each year, international students like you master the English language only to discover, upon arrival in the United States, that they cannot follow

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Iraq Education Initiative Sending 50,000 Students Across the Globe

The first educational fair held in Baghdad this past week brought 27 Colleges and Universities from around the globe to meet with potential students and unveiled an ambitious initiative by the Iraqi government to send 10,000 students per year for the next 5 years to English speaking countries to pursue

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Universities step up their out-of-state recruiting

ST. LOUIS (AP) — For 20 years, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale’s enrollment numbers have languished, proving so vexing it cost a top campus administrator his job in 2006.Much of the problem, the chancellor contends, is that would-be students from Illinois bolted to other states on the promise of sweet tuition deals.

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What to Expect in Your U.S. College Dorm

Moving into a college dormitory can be the realization of a long-cherished dream. It can also hold many surprises, for students and parents alike. “My mother didn’t realize until the day before I moved into a college dorm that there would be men and women living in the same building,”

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W&M featured on ‘Today’ as a Princeton Review best value

by Brian Whitson | January 8, 2009 For the second time this academic year, the College of William and Mary has been ranked among the country’s top values in public universities. In its 2009 annual college rankings of best bargains, The Princeton Review listed William & Mary third among its top

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