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| field house |
a large building, usu. located at a college or university, suitable for indoor athletic activities, esp. track events, basketball, or gymnastics. [1/2 definitions] |
| freshman |
a first-year student at a high school, college, or university. [1/4 definitions] |
| full professor |
a teacher of the highest rank at a college or university. |
| graduate |
to be given a degree or diploma upon completing studies at a school, college, or university. [1/6 definitions] |
| graduation |
the conferring or receiving of a degree or diploma for the completion of study at a school, college, or university. [1/4 definitions] |
| gymnasium |
in countries such as Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, a secondary school for students who wish to prepare for university. [1/3 definitions] |
| Harvard |
see "Harvard University." |
| Harvard University |
an Ivy League university in the U.S. founded in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, considered a world center for research and scholarship. |
| HBCU |
abbreviation of "historically Black college or university." |
| homecoming |
a weekend of special events when alumni and alumnae are invited to return to their college or university. [1/2 definitions] |
| instructor |
one who teaches or instructs, esp. a teacher at a college or university. |
| interuniversity |
combined form of university. |
| Ivy League |
an association of eight prestigious colleges and universities in the northeastern United States, including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale. [1/2 definitions] |
| lecturer |
a person who gives lectures, esp. at a college or university. |
| lycée |
a government-funded secondary school in France that prepares students to enter a university. |
| M.A. |
abbreviation of "Master of Arts," a graduate degree, below that of doctor, that is given by a college or university to a person who has completed a prescribed course of graduate study in the humanities or social sciences; master's degree. |
| magna cum laude |
with high honors or great praise, indicating second highest status upon graduation from a college or university. (Cf. cum laude, summa cum laude.) |
| major |
a student's main field of study at a college or university. (Cf. minor.) [1/6 definitions] |
| Master of Arts |
a graduate degree, below that of doctor, that is given by a college or university to a person who has completed a prescribed course of graduate study in the humanities or social sciences; master's degree. (abbr.: M.A.) |
| matriculate |
to enroll or be enrolled in an organization, esp. a college or university. [2 definitions] |
| open admissions |
the policy of admitting any student who desires to attend a university, regardless of proficiency. |
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