Higher education

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. )

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.