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Colleges and Universities: Students
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Colleges and universities strive to inform students of established principles of knowledge as well as of the most recent developments in academic research. Instruction takes place in classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories, and other settings. When students enroll in a course, professors provide them with a syllabus, or outline, of the course. The syllabus describes how the course will be taught. It includes a list of the required books and articles students are to read; the schedules and descriptions of course examinations, papers, and other assignments; and an explanation of methods used to evaluate or grade student performance. Methods of instruction may be a lecture, lecture-discussion, discussion, laboratory, seminar, internship, clinical experience, community service, distance education, or a combination of these and other formats.
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The U-CAN consumer information initiative is designed to give, in a common format, prospective students and their families concise, Web-based consumer- friendly information on individual private colleges and universities. U-CAN consists of hundreds of institutional profiles that contain comparable data and targeted links to the institution's Web site for information on specific aspects of the institution. The profiles are displayed in a common template that NAICU developed.
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Many of the colleges and universities ... try to build name brand recognition by hiring professional marketers and by advertising on television during the games. "Potential students definitely pay attention to which institutions have leading sports programs and win NCAA basketball championships," said Ms. Peloquin-Dodd. "Higher student enrollment numbers at these institutions often rise after their participation in such high-profile sporting events."
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov 15, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- TIBCO Software Inc. (TIBX) today launched a new academic initiative aimed at delivering a wide range of technology education benefits to colleges and universities around the world. The goal of the program is to help ensure the proficiency of students in relevant, emerging technologies and to generate high-value job skills that are in demand by organizations today.
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``In the past 10 years, U.S. colleges and universities have seen a 33% growth in total foreign student enrollment. With this continued growth, the demand for an efficient way to perform international tax analysis and to produce appropriate reports and forms is ever pressing,'' said Joel Summers, senior vice president, HRMS Product Development at Oracle Corp. ``Our relationship with Windstar allows Oracle to address this demand by adding critical functionality to Oracle's advanced Oracle HRMS suite.''
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"Without adequate public support, our colleges and universities are unable to hire faculty, provide adequate classroom space and coordinate the clinical part of the program to meet the demand," she said. Many colleges report they have waiting lists of prospective students.
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