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1、Education in the United States2021/4/21Trends in Degree ProgramsEducation for All2021/4/22Trends in degree program1970sto1980s:Many students were choosing major fields that would prepare them for specific jobs. They chose management, computer and information science, economy and other fields which c
2、an give them a high income .2021/4/23Trends in degree programvBut,someobserversbelievethistrendtowardpre-professionalismmaybeendingandstudentsareswitchingbacktotraditionareasofstudy2021/4/24FlourishingofLargeUniversitiesfactorscontributingtotheflourishingoflargeuniversitiesinAmericav-Largeuniversiti
3、esofferthebestlibrariesandfacilitiesforscientificresearch.v-Largeuniversitiesprovidestudentswith“mainframe”(大型机，主机)computer.v-Largeuniversitiesattractstudentswithmodernlaboratories.2021/4/25PuritancontributiontoAmericaneducationv-1.In1634,theyopena“Latingrammar”school,aschoolforthosewhowantedtoprepa
4、reforcollege.v-2.In1636,HarvardCollegewasfoundedforthetrainingofreligiousministersv-3.In1634and1638,thePuritanspassedlawsdeclaringthatallpropertycouldbetaxedforthecommongood,whichincludedthesupportofschools.(清教徒制定的法律规定，所有的财产都要上税，用于支持公益项目，包括对学校的赞助)2021/4/26what students do in their spare time?2021/4/
5、272021/4/28Education for All-GI Bill of RightsvTheServicemensReadjustmentActof1944,knowninformallyastheG.I.Bill,wasalawthatprovidedarangeofbenefitsforreturningWorldWarIIveterans(commonlyreferredtoasGI.s).benefitsincludedlow-costmortgages,loanstostartabusinessorfarm,cashpaymentsoftuitionandlivingexpe
6、nsestoattendcollege,highschoolorvocationaleducation,aswellasoneyearofunemploymentcompensation.Itwasavailabletoeveryveteranwhohadbeenonactivedutyduringthewaryearsforatleastninetydaysandhadnotbeendishonorablydischarged.Bytheendoftheprogramin1956,7.8millionof16millionWorldWarIIveterans(49%)hadusedtheGI
7、Billeducationbenefitsand2.4millionhadhomeloansbackedbytheVeteransAdministration2021/4/29GI Bill of Rightsv“Buy-up”OptionvTimeLimit/eligibilityvEducation2021/4/210GI.Bill 2021/4/211Education for All-Affirmative ActionvAffirmativeactionisthat,absentdiscrimination,anemployersworkforce,generally,willref
8、lectthegender,racial,andethnicprofileofthelaborpoolsfromwhichtheemployerrecruitsandselects.Anaffirmativeactionprogramisamanagementtooldesignedtoensureequalemploymentopportunity,andincludesthosepolicies,practices,andproceduresthattheLaboratoryimplementstoensurethatallqualifiedapplicantsandemployeesar
9、ereceivinganequalopportunityforrecruitment,selection,advancement,training,development,andeveryotherterm,condition,andprivilegeofemployment.2021/4/212Affirmative ActionvAnaffirmativeactionprogramcontainsquantitativeanalysesdesignedtoevaluatethecompositionoftheLaboratoryworkforceandcompareittothecompo
10、sitionoftherelevantexternallaborpools;action-orientedprogramswithspecificpracticalstepstoaddressunderutilizationofminoritiesandwomen(ifwomenandminoritiesarenotbeingemployedataratetobeexpectedgiventheiravailabilityintherelevantexternallaborpools);internalauditingandreportingsystemstomeasuretheLaborat
11、orysprogressinhiringminoritiesandwomen;andmechanismstomonitortheLaboratorysemploymentdecisionsinordertoevaluatetheimpactofthosedecisionsonminoritiesandwomen.2021/4/213Thank you for your listening2021/4/214注：注：文档文档资料素材和料素材和资料部分料部分来自网来自网络，如不慎侵犯了您的，如不慎侵犯了您的权益，益，请联系系Q2653327170，我，我们将做将做删除除处理，感理，感谢您您的理解。的理解。2021/4/215
