governments, charities, and other organizations.
There are other forms of financial aid which include
bursaries,
grants,
fellowship, and
scholarship.
Scholarships are awarded for scholastic achievement.
Bursaries are awarded
on the basis of financial need, so it is a certain type of social financial help.
Grants are funds provided by a certain party, often a government department,
corporation, or foundation to an individual or institution.
Fellowships usually refer to grants in support of postbaccalaureate projects, or to prebaccalaureate projects pursued outside the standard curriculum.
All scholarships and fellowships are grants and need not to be repaid.
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called for cutting student debt.
Now let’s talk about learning modes. The typical decision for most students is to study
full-time,
but for those who work part-time studying can be a more realistic solution. You can also choose to study
distantly or via some trendy online program (e-learning). Or you might prefer a combination of on campus and distance studying which is called the
blended mode.
Talking about online programs I will mention some other hot terms and concepts.
MOOC is a recent development in distance education rapidly gaining popularity. It stands for
Massive Open Online Course. It is an online course that has open access and interactive participation published on the web.
Coursera, which emerged thanks to Stanford University professors in 2012, has by far the largest number of offered courses.
Let’s go through some other useful words and phrases. They are given in a list so that you can revise the ones you already know and learn some new useful expressions.
Educational verbs (definitions are provided according to http://www.merriam- webster.com)
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