PART 1
High school courses that count toward high school graduation requirements and earn college credit hours
What is Dual-credit courses
An official record of a student's grades
What is Transcript
An undergraduate school that awards degrees in areas such as English, History, Economics, Foreign Languages, Math, and Science
What is Liberal Arts college
An institution that offers classes and instruction leading to a bachelors degree and/or vocational training and certification.
What is College
A one-to two year- graduate degree that is earned after a bachelors degree. the Field of study can be academic discipline or professional field
What is Masters Degree
an average of students grades in all classes taken, often reported on a four-point scale
What is GPA
A degree awarded by community colleges, technical schools and some universities after completion of a program of approximately 60 credit hours (also called a two year degree)
What is Associates degree
A degree awarded by community colleges, technical schools and some universities after completion of a program of approximately 120 credit hours (also called a four-year degree)
What is a Bachelors degree
A set of tests that allow people that DID NOT graduate from high school to obtain high school credentials
What is GED
A college or university that is administered by a local or state government and receives local funding from government sources.
What is Public school
A college or university that is administered by a private organization and receives the majority of its funding from tuition, fees, and donations to the school
What is Private school
The number of students per member of the faculty
What is Student-Faculty ratio
An institution usually made up of multiple colleges that offers bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees
What is university
A two years school that offers associate degrees and workforce certification programs sometimes called a junior college
What is Community college
An application that includes financial information about a student and his or her family and is used to determine the students eligibility for financial aid
What is Fafsa
The academic discipline in which a student takes most of his or her classes.
What is Major?
A graduate level degree that provides training in specific skills related to a career such as medicine or law.
What is Professional Degree?
Classes offered to students who have not earned a college degree.
What is Undergraduate Classes?
Tests that provide the opportunity to earn college or high school credits by passing a standardized test without taking a course.
What is Credit by Exam?
A professional field or occupation that one trains for or undertakes as a intentional path.
What is Career?
Knowledge, talent, experience, and skills that people possess.
What is Human Capital?
A program of challenging high school classes with a global focus forces include examinations that may allow a student to earn college credit.
What is IB Program?
The portion of students at a college or university who complete a bachelors degree after four years.
What is Six Year Graduation Rate?
costs of instruction and facility at an educational institution. Tuition can be quoted as a cost per credit hour or as a flat rate for a range of credit hours. Fess include general fees such as for use of libraries and for student activities that may include course specific cost such as lab fees.
What is Tuition and Fees?
A grade point average that is calculated with extra points added to the grade value for honors or advanced classes.
What is weighted GPA?