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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's...

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...

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

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...

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 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...

An ombudsman (/ˈɒmbʊdzmən/ OM-buudz-mən, also US: /-bədz-, -bʌdz-/ -⁠bədz-, -⁠budz-), ombud, ombuds, bud, ombudswoman, ombudsperson, or public advocate...

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...

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

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

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...