Teachers at the writing center at Purdue University in West Lafayette,Indiana work with students to improve their writing.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

So we work very closely with students not so much about what they want to study, but more about what problem are you trying to solve."

VOA: special.2009.09.24

"After 20 years of working with students, we are seeing unprecedented levels of engagement and creativity like we have not seen in 20 years,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

She's also seen an increase in incorrect word use, with students reaching for a word that sounds correct, whose proper meaning is just a bit off from what they intend to say.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

These are for students who do not play for a school team but want organized sports with other students.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

For example,students from at least eight schools in Ghana talked with American students about the election and inauguration of President Obama.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

But the government may give permission if students are suddenly faced with a situation that is out of their control.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Students might go home to their families -- or spend a week partying on a warm beach with no parents around.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

The students work with activities on their computer screen and wear a headset and microphone to talk to their tutor.

VOA: special.2011.04.21

Yet she told VOA's Faiza Elmasry it was surprising how many students can graduate with, in her words,a "thin education."

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Then Sarah Poore gives the students more to think about with words from a white Fredericksburg resident, Maureen Breckenridge.

VOA: special.2011.04.15

At Penn State,for example, adviser Pat Coleman says they have worked with local banks to make banking easier for international students.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

And, the museum invites public school students to view the collection while also providing teachers with art education projects.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

Last month, gunmen kidnapped a retired army general in Cancun, a beach city popular with American college students on spring break.

VOA: special.2009.03.14