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  2. Pass by catastrophe - Wikipedia

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    Pass by catastrophe is an academic urban legend proposing that if some particular catastrophic event occurs, students whose performance could have been affected by the event are automatically awarded passing grades, on the grounds that there would then be no way to assess them fairly and they should not be penalized for the catastrophe.

  3. Student protest - Wikipedia

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    A common tactic of student protest is to go on strike (sometimes called a boycott of classes), which occurs when students enrolled at a teaching institution such as a school, college or university refuse to go to class. It is meant to resemble strike action by organized labour. Whereas a normal strike is intended to inflict economic damage to ...

  4. Vacated victory - Wikipedia

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    The LSU Tigers football program and head coach Les Miles (pictured) had 37 wins from 2012 to 2015 vacated by the NCAA. [1]In American college athletics, a vacated victory is a win that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has stripped from an athletic team, usually as punishment for misconduct related to their sports programs.

  5. 9-year-old prodigy dropped out of college after learning he ...

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    However, the school recommended the 9-year-old finish his studies by mid-2020 due to the number of exams he still has to pass, which TUE pointed out would still be "in every way, a phenomenally ...

  6. Famous Millionaires Who Dropped Out of College

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    He dropped out of college at age 19 to focus on running his business, which later turned into Dell Inc. and the global company we know today. Michael Dell has an estimated net worth of $41 billion ...

  7. One-loss chaos scenario: What happens if there are no more ...

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    Heading into conference championship weekend, all four spots in the College Football Playoff remain up for grabs. For the first time in the playoff’s 10-year history, eight teams are still in ...

  8. Dead Man on Campus - Wikipedia

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    To boost ticket sales, the film's U.S. release was timed with the start of the new college school year in late August 1998. It was the first film by MTV Films to have an R rating. The film was shot at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California .

  9. Grade skipping - Wikipedia

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    Advanced class – Used for a student who is notably advanced in a single subject. This involves changing a student's class assignment for that single subject. For example, an eighth-grade student might take a math class with ninth graders, but the rest of the student's classes are with the age-typical peers.