Search results

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is...

A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within...

YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120...

A public university or public college is a university or college that is owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether...

Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative...

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and Okanagan, in British Columbia, Canada. Established...

Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies)...

Baylor University is a private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas....

An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or...

A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected...

A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school...

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (University of Hawaii–Mānoa, UH Mānoa, Hawaiʻi, or simply UH) is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa, a...

Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator...

2008 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian...

A normal school or normal college is an institution created to train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum. Many such schools...

The American National Red Cross, is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness...

Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university...

A promenade dance or promenade, commonly called a prom in American English, is a dance party for high school students. It may be offered in semi-formal...

A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest. It is usually for...

Hazing (American English), initiation, beasting (British English), bastardisation (Australian English), ragging (South Asian English) or deposition refers...