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aegrotat

Education; Colleges & universities

Aegrotat is an unclassified degree given to a student who has fulfilled all graduation requirements, but due to illness, was unable to attend final examinations. It is most commonly used in the U.K.

provost

Education; Colleges & universities

A high ranking university administrator (usually No 2 to the President) who is responsible for overall academic integrity. He typically co-ordinates institutional level academic, financial and ...

Darwin College is a constituent College of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The College was founded in 1964 and was the first graduate of the only College in Cambridge. There are ...

Confucius Institutes

Education; Colleges & universities

Established in 2004, Confucius Institutes are non-profit public institutions aimed at promoting Chinese language and culture in other countries. Modeled after language and culture promotion ...

Ivy League

Education; Colleges & universities

Ivy League is the name generally used to denote eight universities in the United States: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale. Over the years, these eight ...

Harvard

Education; Colleges & universities

Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It was established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature and named after its first benefactor, John Harvard. ...