Advising, Placement, and Retention System – an assessment-advising program designed to identify the basic skill levels of students as they enter two-year institutions.
What is Accuplacer/ASSET
100
the process or state of changing to fit a new environment or different conditions, or the resulting change
What is Adaptation
100
- One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business
What is Apprenticeship
100
2 year college degree from a community college, university, college, or technical school. The recipient of an Associate's Degree can then transfer the credits toward a 4 year Bachelor’s
What is Associate's Degree
100
is a test developed and maintained by the United States Department of Defense.
What is Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
200
4 year college degree from a university/college earned by completing undergraduate coursework and are awarded in specific concentrations.
What is Bachelor's Degree
200
borrowed money you must pay back with interest
What is a Loan
200
economic activities of the locale in which you live
What is Local Economy
200
an academic degree from a college or university for those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree.
What is Master's Degree
200
feeling of enthusiasm, interest, or commitment that makes somebody want to do something, or something that causes such a feeling
What is Motivation
300
economic activities belonging to or characteristic of a nation
What is National Economy
300
training on the job
What is On-the-Job Training
300
a practice test that measures the critical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and writing skills that students need to do college-level work.
What is Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT)
300
privately owned school that operates for profit for those seeking vocational training.
What is Proprietary School
300
stage in economic cycle, relatively low unemployment & high total income prevail, leading to high purchasing power - more spending.
What is Prosperity
400
a period of declining economic growth.
What is Recession
400
stage in the economic cycle where employment and production begin to rise to normal levels after a slump.
What is Recovery
400
economic activities belonging to or characteristic of a geographic region
What is Regional Economy
400
cost of housing and food while attending college or career school.
What is Room & Board
400
Money awarded to students based on academic or other achievements to help pay for education expenses. Scholarships generally do not have to be repaid.
What is Scholarship
500
a test that measures the critical thinking mathematical, reasoning, and writing skills students need to do college-level work.
What is Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
500
Directed or guided by oneself, especially as an independent agent
What is Self-Directed
500
economic activities belonging to or characteristic of a state
What is State Economy
500
general term used for two-year college which provide mostly employment-preparation skills for trained labor, such as welding, culinary arts and office management.
What is Technical School
500
a vocational school, also called a trade school, is a higher-level learning institution that specializes in providing students with the vocational education and technical skills they need in order to perform the tasks of a particular job. Students typically earn a credential or a certificate