Passage 25 Universities in the US

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[11:34.92]There are thousands of colleges and universities in the United States.
[11:40.24]Nearly half of the high school graduates in America go on to college.
[11:44.90]Most go to large state universities.
[11:48.58]Some of these universities have 40,000 or more students.
[11:52.25]There are also many small universities with only a few hundred students.
[11:56.97]Large universities have many buildings,
[12:00.77]each building for a particular subject.
[12:02.70]Students often must go from one class in one building to the next class in another building across campus.
[12:10.50]They may have only a few minutes between classes to go from one building to another.
[12:15.36]When students begin the university, they must take classes in many subjects.
[12:21.27]These are the required courses.
[12:23.94]English and math are usually required courses,
[12:27.93]and often a history and a science course are required too.
[12:31.41]Students will study mostly required courses during their first year.
[12:36.14]Later, they will specialize, and take courses in one subject.