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Higher education
Post-secondary education at universities, academies, colleges, and institutes of technology etc.
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Professional accreditation
Education; Higher education
Accreditation granted to a professional school or a programme offered at a regionally-accredited institution by accrediting commissions affiliated with national professional organisations in such ...
Financial aid
Education; Higher education
Scholarships, grants and loans provided for students by academic institutions from government and private sources to help defray educational costs.
Dissertation
Education; Higher education
The formal writing requirement -- often an original contribution to knowledge -- for a doctoral degree.
Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
Education; Higher education
A standardised external examination of verbal and quantitative skills usually required by graduate schools of business and used to assess the qualifications of applicants for MBA programs.
Work-study programme
Education; Higher education
Also known as "College Work-Study," these state and federal programmes provides students with part-time employment to help them finance the costs of postsecondary education.
Professional school
Education; Higher education
A post-baccalaureate institution (usually within a university) which trains students in the traditional professions, e.g., law or medicine. ,
Placement
Education; Higher education
The practise of placing a student in a course based on previous achievement levels. For example, a student who has done very well on an appropriate examination in mathematics might be placed in ...
