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Higher education
Post-secondary education at universities, academies, colleges, and institutes of technology etc.
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Application deadline
Education; Higher education
The last date on which a college will accept applications for admission to the coming term.
Junior
Education; Higher education
Third year student. (Applies to both college undergraduates and high school students. )
Advanced Placement (AP)
Education; Colleges & universities
A high school programme in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board that offers standardised courses to high school students that are generally equivalent to undergraduate courses ...
Auditing
Education; Higher education
Taking a class to acquire knowledge but not for credit or grades. Audited courses do not count toward degree requirements.
Grade
Education; Higher education
An evaluation (normally by letter on a scale of A-F) of a student's performance on an examination, a paper or in a course.
Land-grant institution
Education; Higher education
A state-run institution founded under the terms of the 1862 Morill Act which granted public lands to the states to establish colleges to provide full-time education in agriculture and mechanic arts.
Curve grading
Education; Higher education
A system of relative grading based on the performance of all members of a class on an examination. It is also called norm-referenced grading.
