Source: Newsweek International
1. Harvard University
2. Stanford University
3. Yale University
4. California Institute of Technology
5. University of California at Berkeley
6. University of Cambridge
7. Massachusetts Institute Technology
8. Oxford University
9. University of California at San Francisco
10. Columbia University
11. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
12. University of California at Los Angeles
13. University of Pennsylvania
14. Duke University
15. Princeton Universitty
16. Tokyo University
17. Imperial College London
18. University of Toronto
19. Cornell University
20. University of Chicago
21. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
22. University of Washington at Seattle
23. University of California at San Diego
24. Johns Hopkins University
25. University College London
26. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
27. University Texas at Austin
28. University of Wisconsin at Madison
29. Kyoto University
30. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
31. University of British Columbia
32. University of Geneva
33. Washington University in St. Louis
34. London School of Economics
35. Northwestern University
36. National University of Singapore
37. University of Pittsburgh
38. Australian National University
39. New York University
40. Pennsylvania State University
41. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
42. McGill University
43. Ecole Polytechnique
44. University of Basel
45. University of Maryland
46. University of Zurich
47. University of Edinburgh
48. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
49. University of Bristol
50. University of Sydney
51. University of Colorado at Boulder
52. Utrecht University
53. University of Melbourne
54. University of Southern California
55. University of Alberta
56. Brown University
57. Osaka University
58. University of Manchester
59. University of California at Santa Barbara
60. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
61. Wageningen University
62. Michigan State University
63. University of Munich
64. University of New South Wales
65. Boston University
66. Vanderbilt University
67. University of Rochester
68. Tohoku University
69. University of Hong Kong
70. University of Sheffield
71. Nanyang Technological University
72. University of Vienna
73. Monash University
74. University of Nottingham
75. Carnegie Mellon University
76. Lund University
77. Texas A&M University
78. University of Western Australia
79. Ecole Normale Super Paris
80. University of Virginia
81. Technical University of Munich
82. Hebrew University of Jerusalem
83. Leiden University
84. University of Waterloo
85. King's College London
86.Purdue University
87. University of Birmingham
88. Uppsala University
89. University of Amsterdam
90. University of Heidelberg
91. University of Queensland
92. University of Leuven
93. Emory University
94. Nagoya University
95. Case Western Reserve University
96. Chinese University of Hong Kong
97. University of Newcastle
98. Innsbruck University
99. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
100. Sussex University
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Sunday, April 8, 2007
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Workers Education Program paves way for better life
Source: SouthCoastToday.com
By PAMELA MAREAN
Standard-Times correspondent
April 01, 2007 6:00 AM
For those who don't speak English or haven't graduated from high school, the American dream might seem out of reach.
Sixty adult students have recently been able to improve their chances for success by enrolling in classes at the UMass Dartmouth Workers' Education Program in New Bedford. The supplemental classes are made possible by a $100,000 funding boost in the 2006 Massachusetts Economic Stimulus bill.
Students who otherwise would have had to spend two years on a waiting list for openings in the WEP classes are now studying English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and General Educational Development (GED).
WEP Director Lisa Jochim estimated about 350 people are waiting for evening ESOL classes. There are now 12 evening classes in ESOL instead of eight. With about 15 students per class, the increased funding allowed capacity to jump by 40 percent. If WEP could offer still more classes, they would be filled, too, Mrs. Jochim said.
Even with the additional classes, it's hard for Mrs. Jochim to say whether the waiting period for evening ESOL classes will be shorter.
Fernando and Judite Teixeira are a Portuguese couple who spent two years waiting to study ESOL at night. They came to the United States in 1997 and struggled to learn the language on their own. They live in Fairhaven, where both work as cooks at Gene's Famous Seafoods.
Mastering English verbs is their greatest challenge, the Teixeiras agreed. They still stumble through constructing sentences when nervous, though they say they understand the language better than they speak it. They no longer need interpreters when they visit the doctor, dentist or their daughter's school.
The Teixeiras have been taking ESOL classes at WEP for three years now, building their reading, speaking, writing and computer skills. Last year, they became U.S. citizens when they passed verbal and written tests in English on their knowledge of American history and the Constitution. They has already exercised their new rights to vote in this country, they said.
The Teixeiras' story is not unusual, but it doesn't typify the ESOL student body either.
"Years ago, the typical students might have been a 45-year-old Portuguese stitcher working in a factory during the day and taking classes at night," Mrs. Jochim said. "The economy in New Bedford has changed a lot, and the typical student no longer exists. We have students from 15 different countries and all different ages from 16 to 70. Most are fairly young adults who want to improve their skills."
Arlindo "AJ" Correia only waited four months to get into ESOL classes.
After he came to the United States from Portugal in 2000, he washed floors for Stop & Shop at night because he couldn't speak English. In school in Portugal, he had studied French instead of English.
Two years ago, once he had picked up enough English to get by, Mr. Correia started his own cleaning company. But when it came to writing business proposals, he had to ask other people to do it for him, he said.
After only one month in ESOL, Mr. Correia approached UMass Dartmouth to clean the downtown New Bedford building where the WEP classes are held. He wrote that proposal himself and was awarded the contract.
His biggest challenge was to learn not to speak "backwards," as Mr. Correia called it. He explained that in both Portuguese and French the adjective comes after the noun it modifies. Instead of saying "White House," the ESOL student would say "House White."
Mr. Carreira has been told by his ESOL teachers that he'll be ready to take his GED exam within the next six months.
Mrs. Jochim said that she often hears business owners complain that they can't find qualified employees. "The students in these programs are doing their part," she said.
Both ESOL and GED classes are provided by WEP free of charge. For more information, call (508) 999-4047.
By PAMELA MAREAN
Standard-Times correspondent
April 01, 2007 6:00 AM
For those who don't speak English or haven't graduated from high school, the American dream might seem out of reach.
Sixty adult students have recently been able to improve their chances for success by enrolling in classes at the UMass Dartmouth Workers' Education Program in New Bedford. The supplemental classes are made possible by a $100,000 funding boost in the 2006 Massachusetts Economic Stimulus bill.
Students who otherwise would have had to spend two years on a waiting list for openings in the WEP classes are now studying English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and General Educational Development (GED).
WEP Director Lisa Jochim estimated about 350 people are waiting for evening ESOL classes. There are now 12 evening classes in ESOL instead of eight. With about 15 students per class, the increased funding allowed capacity to jump by 40 percent. If WEP could offer still more classes, they would be filled, too, Mrs. Jochim said.
Even with the additional classes, it's hard for Mrs. Jochim to say whether the waiting period for evening ESOL classes will be shorter.
Fernando and Judite Teixeira are a Portuguese couple who spent two years waiting to study ESOL at night. They came to the United States in 1997 and struggled to learn the language on their own. They live in Fairhaven, where both work as cooks at Gene's Famous Seafoods.
Mastering English verbs is their greatest challenge, the Teixeiras agreed. They still stumble through constructing sentences when nervous, though they say they understand the language better than they speak it. They no longer need interpreters when they visit the doctor, dentist or their daughter's school.
The Teixeiras have been taking ESOL classes at WEP for three years now, building their reading, speaking, writing and computer skills. Last year, they became U.S. citizens when they passed verbal and written tests in English on their knowledge of American history and the Constitution. They has already exercised their new rights to vote in this country, they said.
The Teixeiras' story is not unusual, but it doesn't typify the ESOL student body either.
"Years ago, the typical students might have been a 45-year-old Portuguese stitcher working in a factory during the day and taking classes at night," Mrs. Jochim said. "The economy in New Bedford has changed a lot, and the typical student no longer exists. We have students from 15 different countries and all different ages from 16 to 70. Most are fairly young adults who want to improve their skills."
Arlindo "AJ" Correia only waited four months to get into ESOL classes.
After he came to the United States from Portugal in 2000, he washed floors for Stop & Shop at night because he couldn't speak English. In school in Portugal, he had studied French instead of English.
Two years ago, once he had picked up enough English to get by, Mr. Correia started his own cleaning company. But when it came to writing business proposals, he had to ask other people to do it for him, he said.
After only one month in ESOL, Mr. Correia approached UMass Dartmouth to clean the downtown New Bedford building where the WEP classes are held. He wrote that proposal himself and was awarded the contract.
His biggest challenge was to learn not to speak "backwards," as Mr. Correia called it. He explained that in both Portuguese and French the adjective comes after the noun it modifies. Instead of saying "White House," the ESOL student would say "House White."
Mr. Carreira has been told by his ESOL teachers that he'll be ready to take his GED exam within the next six months.
Mrs. Jochim said that she often hears business owners complain that they can't find qualified employees. "The students in these programs are doing their part," she said.
Both ESOL and GED classes are provided by WEP free of charge. For more information, call (508) 999-4047.
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