Higher education

Higher education

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

Contributors in Higher education

Higher education

An institution of higher learning and research consisting of several units which offer programs leading to advanced degrees. Universities stress graduate and professional education and research, but ...

graduate

Education; Higher education

(1) A person who has successfully completed a program of study and earned the final award (2) as an adjective, refers to post-baccalaureate status.

recitation

Education; Higher education

A small-group session where students discuss material covered in large lectures.

American College Tests (ACT)

Education; Higher education

A standardized external battery of tests administered by the American College Testing Program and covering English, mathematics, reading and science reasoning. The tests are designed to assess the ...

international student advisor

Education; Higher education

Official employed by the institution to assist foreign students, scholars and faculty with immigration, visas, orientation, insurance, and other such matters.

workforce development

Education; Higher education

Workforce Development refers to the entirety of the systems by which people are educated, trained, upgraded and retrained for employment and participation in the workforce. Included in the process ...

Advanced Placement (AP)

Education; Colleges & universities

A high school program in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board that offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally equivalent to undergraduate courses in ...