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| An educational institution or establishment, in particular. |
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| an educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties, and often embodying colleges and similar institutions. |
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| an educational institution that offers two years of studies corresponding to those in the first two years of a four-year college and that often offers technical, vocational, and liberal studies to the adults of a community. |
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| A school supported by a private organization or private individuals rather than by the government. |
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| State schools are generally primary or secondary schools mandated for or offered to all children without charge, funded in whole or in part by taxation. |
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| When you apply to a US college or university, you will probably be asked to provide your test scores for the Sat or for the Act (or Gre for graduate programs),which are standardized college entrance exams. |
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| An associate degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study intended to usually last two years. |
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| The act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by the provision or existence |
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| a formal request to an authority for something. |
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| a graduate or former student, especially a male one, of a particular school, college, or university |
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| Academic probation is a warning that the student's performance falls below the institution's requirement for “good academic standing”. Academic standing is most often measured by GPA (grade point average), but may also be determined by academic progress, or the number of credits completed. |
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| A bachelor's degree or baccalaureate is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years (depending on institution and academic discipline). |
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| a degree awarded by a graduate school or department, usually to a person who has completed at least one year of graduate study. Expand. Also called master's. |
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| A doctorate degree is the highest level of academic degree. Everyone is familiar with the medical doctor, who holds an M.D. (Medical Doctorate). But you can earn a doctorate in almost any subject area. For example, most states require licensed psychologists to hold a doctorate degree in psychology. |
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| An undergraduate degree (also called first degree, bachelor's degree or simply degree) is a colloquial term for an academic degree taken by a person who has completed undergraduate courses. It is usually offered at an institution of higher education, such as a university. |
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| A graduate school (sometimes shortened as grad school) is a school that awards advanced academic degrees (i.e. master's and doctoral degrees) with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate (bachelor's) degree with a high grade point average. |
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| The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a form that can be prepared annually by current and prospective college students (undergraduate and graduate) in the United States to determine their eligibility for student financial aid. |
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| Fraternities and sororities, or Greek letter organizations (GLOs), are social organizations at colleges and universities. A form of the social fraternity, they are prominent in the United States and the Philippines, with much smaller numbers existing in France, Canada, and elsewhere. |
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| In a full term (Fall, Winter, or Spring/Summer): Undergraduate students are assessed full time tuition for registration from 12 - 18 credit hours. ... Law School students are assessed full time tuition when enrolled for 10 credit hours and above |
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| Full-time student status is defined as follows: Graduate and professional students enrolled 9 or more s.h. per semester during fall and spring semesters, 5 or more s.h. ... Undergraduate students enrolled for 12 or more s.h. per semester during the academic year. |
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| A “CREDIT HOUR” is the unit of measuring educational CREDIT, usually based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term. Students are awarded credit for classes on the basis of the Carnegie unit. This defines a semester unit of credit as equal to a minimum of three hours of work per week for a semester. |
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| A program of study is a comprehensive, structured approach for delivering academic and career and technical education to prepare students for postsecondary education and career success. |
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| a test usually given to a student entering an educational institution to determine specific knowledge or proficiency in various subjects for the purpose of assignment to appropriate courses or classes |
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| A prerequisite is a required prior condition. If something is required in advance of something else, like if you have to take a beginning Spanish class before signing up for Spanish II, then it's a prerequisite. Add pre meaning "before" to require and you have something that's "required before." |
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| an outline of the subjects in a course of study or teaching |
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| move from one place to another |
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| a sum of money charged for teaching or instruction by a school, college, or university |
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