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A general term for post-secondary education. It often refers to institutions which offer undergraduate programs or to the undergraduate divisions of large universities.
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The relative position of a student in his or her graduating class, determined by grade average.
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The highest earned degree awarded in the United States.
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(1) The process of registering for classes. (2) the total number of students at an institution.
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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 change status and matriculate in a degree program a visiting student must apply for admission to the institution and undergo the usual selection process.
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A process of granting recognition to academic institutions and professional programs offered by those institutions for meeting established standards of performance, integrity and quality and which entitles them to the confidence of the educational community and the public.
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The common honorific for all university faculty members. But it is also the formal rank of senior (full) professors.
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The body of courses and other formally established learning experiences which constitute a program of study.
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A program allowing well-qualified high school students to enter college full time before completing secondary school.
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