Glossary of Common Education Terms

A

• · Academic Credit
• · Academic Program
• · Academic Year
• · Accreditation
• · ACT
• · Adult Basic Education
• · Appeal
• · Apprenticeship
• · Aptitude Test
• · Associate Degree
• · Asynchronous Learning

B

• · Baccalaureate/Bachelor’s Degree

C

• · Career Counseling/Guidance
• · Case Management
• · Certificate Program – Occupational/Technical/ Vocational
• · Certificate (Educational Certificate)
• · Certification
• · Certification Exam Preparation Course
• · Clinical Training
• · Community College
• · Competency-Based Education
• · Completion/Completion Rate
• · Contact Hour/Clock Hour
• · Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
• · Continuing Professional Education
• · Co-requisite
• · Course
• · Credential
• · Credit/Credit Hour
• · Credit-Bearing Course
• · Credit for Life Experience
• · Curriculum

D

• · Degree
• · Degree Program
• · Developmental Education
• · Didactic Training
• · Diploma
• · Distance Education
• · Doctor’s Degree-Clinical Practice
• · Doctorate Degree-Research
• · Dropout

E

• · Education Levels/Levels of Education
• · Elective Course – Directed
• · Elective Courses – Free
• · English as a Second Language (ESL)
• · Externship
• · Enrollment

F

• · Full-time Student

G

• · General Education
• · Graduate Program
• · Grading Rubric
• · Graduate Student

H

• · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
• · Healthcare Support Occupations
• · High School Diploma or Recognized Equivalent
• · High School Equivalency Program
• · Higher Education
• · Hybrid Class

I

• · Institution of Higher Education
• · Internship

J

• · Job Coach
• · Job Description
• · Job Skills
• · Job Title
• · Job Upgrade/Job Promotion

L

• · License
• · Licensure
• · Licensure Exam Preparation Course

M

• · Major
• · Master’s Degree
• · Matriculated Student
• · Mentoring

N

• · National Institutional Accreditation
• · Non-Credit Course
• · Non-Matriculated Student

O

• · Occupational Program
• · Occupationally Specific Program
• · Out-of-State Tuition
• · Out-of-State Student

P

• · Part-Time Student
• · Placement Services for Student Completers
• · Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
• · Post-Master’s Certificate
• · Postsecondary Education
• · Practicum
• · Prerequisite
• · Prior Learning Assessment
• · Program/Program of Study

R

• · Reasonable Accommodation
• · Remedial Courses

S

• · Semester (Calendar System)
• · Seminar
• · Specialty
• · SAT
• · Standardized Admission Tests
• · Stopout
• · Syllabus
• · Symposium
• · Synchronous Learning

T

• · Transcript
• · Transfer of Credit
• · Transfer-in Student
• · Transfer-out Student
• · Trimester (calendar system)
• · Tuition and Fees
• · Tutoring

U

• · Undergraduate Program
• · Undergraduate Student

W

• · Weekend/Evening College
• · Workplace Skills
• · Workshop