Some Advice on Choosing a College

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com Last week, we told you that the number of foreign students in the United States had reached an all-time high. More than six hundred seventy-one thousand foreign students attended an American college or university during the last school year. So says the latest report from the Institute of International Education. Many international students choose large schools. But a growing number of them are attending smaller ones. Douglas Bennett is the president of Earlham College, a liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana, that actively seeks foreign students. He says Earlham is a small college, just one thousand two hundred students. But about fifteen percent of the undergraduates come from homes outside the United States. This is very high for an American college or university. Doug Bennett has written several articles aimed at helping students choose a college that best fits their needs. He says one of the important things to consider is the size of a school. He says Earlham College is small for a reason. He says: We're that small because we think we educate much more effectively and much more powerfully. Of course, there are also good arguments for attending a larger school. Many big schools are widely recognized. And in some cases that might lead to more job interviews than a degree from a lesser known college. Larger schools also have more money. This can mean more resource

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