Lesson 1 College Culture
PART I READING
PART II SKILL DEVELOPMENT
PART III CULTURAL READING
Lesson 2 Understanding Happiness
PART I READING
PART II SKILL DEVELOPMENT
PART III CULTURAL READING
Lesson 3 Childhood Memories
PART I READING
PART II SKILL DEVELOPMENT
PART III CULTURAL READING
Lesson 4 Empathy in Our Lives
PART I READING
PART II SKILL DEVELOPMENT
PART III CULTURAL READING
Lesson 5 Your Name Matters
PART I READING
PART II SKILL DEVELOPMENT
PART III CULTURAL READING
Lesson 6 Volunteer Work
PART I READING
PART II SKILL DEVELOPMENT
PART III CULTURAL READING
Lesson 7 War Matters
Lesson 8 Changing Times
Lesson 9 Sports Life
Lesson 10 Watch Out!
Lesson 11 Animal World
Lesson Interpreting Art
Lesson 13 Media
Lesson 14 Leisure Activities
Lesson 15 Finding Your Place
Lesson 16 A Happy Marriage
Lesson 17 Science and Technology
Lesson 18 Holidays
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Schools had other reservations as well. Poor schools were worded about being unable to servicedebt. Rich schools with huge endowments $25 billion at Harvard, $12 billion at the University of Texas, $4 billion at Cornell may have seen no need. And college administrators may not haveconsidered that their institutions'' primary assets reputation, inspiration and insights were suitableas collateral .
So much for an academic perspective. A growing number of investors saw things differently.Those lovely buildings on rolling campuses, the better universities'' reputations, taxpayers'' backingof state-owned institutions: all this looked to them like a deep pool of assets against which lots ofmoney could be borrowed.
1. University administrators highly appreciate the capital markets because
A. they think it a good way to establish high academic reputation for their university
B. they benefit greatly from putting the first-class managers in charge of the endowment funds
C. university can invest in its development by using the money raised from the capital market
D. university can easily get money from the bank to beautify the campus to attract more students
2. Why has the overall market for higher education debt increased sharply?
A. Because there is the recent trend to believe that the market will shrink gradually.
B. Because educators have a structural inability to use capital and labor efficiently.
C. Because academics have been unwilling to look at their universities as businesses.
D. Because colleges are becoming aware of how useful the financial markets can be.
3. What can help people distinguish whether the university is the one with high quality or not?
A. The ratio of teachers to students.
B. The number of papers published.
C. The amount of the tuition charged.
D. The credit quality of the university.