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College ... In the United States and Ireland, "college" and "university" are loosely interchangeable, whereas in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and other Commonwealth nations, "college" may refer to a secondary or high school, a college of further education, a training institution that awards trade qualifications, or a constituent school within a university... A notable exception is Campion College which operates in Western Sydney, following the American Liberal Arts College tradition...

Curriculum ... In formal education, a curriculum ( /kəˈrɪkjʉləm/; plural: curricula /kəˈrɪkjʉlə/ or curriculums) is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...

Tutor ... In the University of Cambridge, a Tutor is an officer of a college responsible for the pastoral care of a number of students in cognate disciplines, as against a Director of Studies who is responsible for the academic progress of a group of students in their own discipline, with both Tutors and Directors of Study answering to a Senior Tutor...

Vocational Education ... Vocational education may be classified as teaching procedural knowledge. This can be contrasted with declarative knowledge, as used in education in a usually broader scientific field, which might concentrate on theory and abstract conceptual knowledge, characteristic of tertiary education...

World History ... The study of world history is in some ways a product of the current period of accelerated globalization. Organization The advent of World History as a distinct field of study was heralded in the 1980s by the creation of the World History Association and of graduate programs at a handful of universities...

List Of Fordham University People ... Beckwith, Christian philosopher Thomas Cahill, best-selling author Ion Cârja, writer Paddy Chayefsky, playwright, screenwriter (attended, no degree) Mary Higgins Clark, bestselling suspense novelist Ed Dee, author Don DeLillo, National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author Richard Foerster, Award-winning poet Norman Frauenheim, American pianist and music instructor David Kolb, philosopher at Bates College John LaFarge, painter, muralist, designer of stained-glass windows Virginia O'Hanlon, as a child, wrote a letter to the New York Sun asking about Santa Claus which prompted the famous response "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" (doctorate from Fordham) Guillermo Owen, mathematician, game theorist John Sanford, author (no degree) John Dawson Gilmary Shea, author, historian Business Louis Boccardi, FCRH '58, Retired CEO (1985–2003), Associated Press...

Community College ... Canada In Canada, the 150 institutions that are the rough equivalent (or much higher) of the US community college are usually referred to simply as "colleges" since in common usage a degree granting institution used to be almost exclusively a university...

Education In The Republic Of Ireland ... The Department of Education and Skills, under the control of the Minister for Education and Skills, is in overall control of policy, funding and direction, whilst other important organisations are the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, the Higher Education Authority, and on a local level the Vocational Education Committees are the only comprehensive system of government organisation. There are many other statutory and non-statutory bodies which have a function in the education system...

Education In Malaysia ... Education may be obtained from the multilingual public school system, which provide free education for all Malaysians, or private schools, or through homeschooling. By law, primary education is compulsory...

Homeschooling ... Homeschooling is a legal option for parents in many countries, allowing them to provide their children with a learning environment as an alternative to public or private schools outside the home. Parents cite numerous reasons as motivations to homeschool their children...

Education In The People's Republic Of China ... China has had a major expansion in education, increasing the number of undergraduates and people who hold doctoral degrees fivefold from 1995 to 2005. In 2003 China supported 1,552 institutions of higher learning (colleges and universities) and their 725,000 professors and 11 million students (see List of universities in the People's Republic of China)...

High School ... The term (as "high school") originated over 500 years ago in Scotland, with the world's oldest being Edinburgh's Royal High School from 1505. The Royal High School was used as a model for the first public high school in the United States, the English High School founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1821...

Student Athlete ... When making the ultimate decision of choosing his or her college they may sign The National Letter of Intent... It is a belief that student athletes comprise one of the most diverse groups of people on our college campuses today, particularly with regard to factors such as personal history, academic preparedness, life goals and expectations, physical and psychological skills, and developmental readiness... Student athletes are likely to come into contact with important and influential alumni who can help them during their college years and - most importantly- after college...

Education ... A right to education has been created and recognized by some jurisdictions: Since 1952, Article 2 of the first Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education. At the global level, the United Nations' International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 guarantees this right under its Article 13...

Fordham University ... Fordham Preparatory School, a four-year, all-male college preparatory school, was once integrated with the University and shares its founding... John's College in 1841 by the Irish-born coadjutor bishop (later archbishop) of the Diocese of New York, the Most Reverend John Joseph Hughes... The college went through a succession of four diocesan priests in five years as presidents, including Fr...