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