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  2. Six Words Every College Student Needs to Hear, from an ...

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    The economics alone bear this out—since college graduates typically earn 86 percent more than persons with only a high school degree, it makes sense that once you take that student loan money ...

  3. Some words of advice for incoming college freshmen

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    OPINION: The first year of college can be nerve-wracking and scary, so we spoke to some upperclassmen about the things they wish they’d known when they were incoming freshmen. The post Some ...

  4. Student orientation - Wikipedia

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    The week before the term starts is known as: Frosh (or frosh week) in some [15] colleges and universities in Canada. In the US, most call it by the acronym SOAR for Student Orientation And Registration; [16] Freshers' week in the majority of the United Kingdom and Ireland and Orientation week or O-week in countries such as Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, and also in many Canadian ...

  5. Academic year - Wikipedia

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    Christmas or Winter Break – Varies in length per school; usually starts on the third Saturday in December and ends a day or two after New Year's Day (sometimes the first Monday after New Year's Day), unless New Year's Day falls on a Sunday in which case the first Monday (January 2) is the official holiday and schools may not begin until ...

  6. Positive education - Wikipedia

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    Positive education is an approach to education that draws on positive psychology's emphasis of individual strengths and personal motivation to promote learning.Unlike traditional school approaches, positive schooling teachers use techniques that focus on the well-being of individual students. [1]

  7. Academic quarter (year division) - Wikipedia

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    Harper decided to keep the school in session year-round and divide it into four terms instead of the then-traditional two. [ 4 ] Of the four traditional academic calendars (semester, quarter, trimester, and 4-1-4 ), the semester calendar is used the most widely, at over 60% of U.S. higher learning institutions , with fewer than 20% using the ...

  8. Fiscal Quarters (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) Explained and What ... - AOL

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    Whether companies use a calendar year or a fiscal year, the first quarter is an important one. The first quarter sets the tone for the rest of the year and gives a company an indication as to ...

  9. List of university and college mottos - Wikipedia

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    In the Beginning was the Word - He Has Begotten Us by the Word of Truth [John 1:1], [James 1:18] National University of Asunción: Vitam Impendere Vero: Latin To stake one's life on what is true. - Juvenal, Satires, IV, 91.