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Higher education

Post-secondary education at universities, academies, colleges, and institutes of technology etc.

Contributors in Higher education

Higher education

quarter system

Education; Higher education

Academic calendar in which the year is divided into four quarters of 10 weeks.

major

Education; Higher education

Undergraduate student's area of specialization, it consists of a number of courses in one field or in two or more related fields. The major is also referred to as concentration.

tenure

Education; Higher education

The status of a permanent member of the faculty earned by peer-review on the basis of publications and scholarship.

acceleration

Education; Higher education

Completion of a college program of study in fewer than the usual number of years, most often by attending summer sessions and carrying extra courses during regular academic terms.

Miller Analogies Test

Education; Higher education

A high-level mental ability test, used by some graduate schools in lieu of the GRE, which requires the solution of 100 intellectual problems stated in the form of analogies.

transcript

Education; Higher education

The official record of a student's academic performance at an institution.

comprehensive examinations

Education; Higher education

Broad examinations covering material in several courses, typically taken at the end of master's degree programs or after the end of doctoral course work before writing the dissertation.

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