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Common Data Set Initiative
Industry: Education
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The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers as represented by the College Board, Peterson's, and U.S. News & World Report. The combined goal of this collaboration is to improve the quality and accuracy of ...
A course-based examination taken at the end of the term.
Industry:Education
Also known as "College Work-Study," these state and federal programs provides students with part-time employment to help them finance the costs of postsecondary education.
Industry:Education
A standardized 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.
Industry:Education
A post-baccalaureate institution (usually within a university) which trains students in the traditional professions, e.g., law or medicine. ,
Industry:Education
An institution's requirement that its graduates master one or more foreign languages.
Industry:Education
Formal course offerings during the summer.
Industry:Education
Fourth year student (Applies to both college undergraduates and high school students)
Industry:Education
A standardized external examination (formerly known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test and then the Scholastic Achievement Test) of mathematical, verbal and analytical skills, taken by high school students to demonstrate their abilities for post-secondary study; often required for admission to undergraduate programs.
Industry:Education
Privately owned, profit-making educational institution (mostly) offering practical occupational skills; awards certificates and diplomas.
Industry:Education
A course chosen freely by the student from the institution's offerings. Also called 'free elective'.
Industry:Education