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| academic |
a teacher or scholar at a college or university. [1/3 definitions] |
| campus |
the grounds of a school, college, or university. |
| chancellor |
the chief official of a university. [1/2 definitions] |
| degree |
a title given by a university or college to a student who has completed a program of study. [1/4 definitions] |
| doctor |
a person who has received the highest degree at a college or university. [1/2 definitions] |
| freshman |
a student in the first year of high school, college, or university. |
| instructor |
An instructor is a person who teaches. People who teach at a college or university are often called instructors. |
| lecture |
When a teacher or professor gives a lecture, they talk for a long time about something in order to teach it. The students, or an audience, can ask questions sometimes, but usually the teacher does the talking. Some high school teachers give lectures in their classes, but lectures are more common at a college or university. [1/2 definitions] |
| professor |
a teacher with a high rank at a college or university. |
| public school |
in the United Kingdom, a private boarding school that prepares students for university entrance. [1/2 definitions] |
| university |
a large school, where people both learn and do research. A student must finish high school before attending a university. Universities offer several levels of degrees. |
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