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Higher education

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

Contributors in Higher education

Higher education

tuition

Education; Higher education

The fee paid by students for their instruction.

credit

Education; Higher education

Time-based quantitative measure assigned to courses or course-equivalent learning. One credit is usually defined as 50 minutes of instruction over a semester (semester credit) or a quarter (quarter ...

upper-division

Education; Higher education

The part of the curriculum which is generally taught beyond the second year of a bachelor's degree program and which constitutes its more advanced component.

discipline

Education; Higher education

An area of academic study.

master's degree

Education; Higher education

A post-baccalaureate degree usually earned after one or two years of course work.

junior

Education; Higher education

Third year student. (Applies to both college undergraduates and high school students. )

application deadline

Education; Higher education

The last date on which a college will accept applications for admission to the coming term.

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