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Higher education
Post-secondary education at universities, academies, colleges, and institutes of technology etc.
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visting student
Education; Higher education
Individual attending a US institution by special agreement with a foreign institution. A visting student does not-matriculate which means that he or she is not engaged in a degree program. To ...
advanced degree
Education; Higher education
An award conferred by a college, university, or other postsecondary institutions as official certification for the successful completion of a program of studies beyond the baccalaureate level. These ...
semester system
Education; Higher education
The academic year is divided into two 15-week semesters.
honors
Education; Higher education
Special recognition of students' outstanding academic achievement.
closed course
Education; Higher education
Fully-subscribed course which is no longer enrolling students.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
Education; Higher education
A two-part standardized external examination designed to measure general verbal, quantitative and analytical skills (General Aptitude Test) and knowledge and understanding of subject matter basic to ...
