higher education in the U.S. The system of higher education in the United States has three principle functions: teaching , researching and public service.Most of the colleges and universities in the U.S are located along th Atlantic( 大西洋) coasts.Famous univerisities such as Harvard, Yale( 耶鲁大学)Princeton (普林斯顿大学) ,Columbia( 哥伦比亚大学)and MIT( 麻省理工学院) in the east ,as well as Standford( 斯坦福大学)and Berkeley( 伯克利)on the west coast ,are usually among the best research universities. American colleges depend on three sources of e:student tuition( 学霸), endowment( 捐赠), goverment funding. Page ? 10● Self-test ? Write down the new words you have learnt in this unit: ? Write down the new phrases you have learnt in this unit: ? Write down the important expressions you have learnt in this unit: