Higher education

Higher education

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

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Higher education

Closed course

Education; Higher education

Fully-subscribed course which is no longer enrolling students.

Baccalaureate

Education; Higher education

Formal name for a bachelor's degree. The first university degree awarded upon the completion of an undergraduate curriculum. The degrees are usually known as 'bachelor of arts'; 'bachelor of ...

Carnegie unit

Education; Higher education

Time-based, quantitative measure assigned to high school courses. One unit generally consists of one subject studied one 50-minute period per day, 5 times per week, for one 36-week academic year ...

Supervised professional training designed to allow students to apply previously acquired skills and knowledge to practical situations. Internships can be done as part of a course, during vacation or ...

Full-time

Education; Higher education

Student taking 12 or more credits during any given term.

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 programme of studies beyond the baccalaureate level. ...