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  2. Academic ranks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A typical undergraduate class, for example, comprises lecture and small-group recitation/discussion sessions, with a faculty member giving the lecture, and TAs leading the small-group sessions; in other cases, the teaching of an entire class may be entrusted to a graduate student.

  3. Teaching assistant - Wikipedia

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    By definition, TAs assist with classes, but many graduate students serve as the sole instructor for one or more classes each semester as a teaching fellow or graduate student instructor, [1] [2] although in some American states, such as Florida, they are called "teaching assistants". Graduate and adult TAs generally have a fixed salary ...

  4. List of academic ranks - Wikipedia

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    Holders of a doctoral degree (Ph.D). that are members of this rank can independently teach courses and supervise undergraduate and post-graduate theses, in the same way as the Teaching Research Staff [Διδακτικό Ερευνητικό Προσωπικο (Δ.Ε.Π.)] (i.e., professors, associate professors, and assistant professors ...

  5. Teaching fellow - Wikipedia

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    Other UK institutions may use the title of teaching fellow as an additional accolade, awarded to a member of academic staff who has shown excellence in teaching. Teaching fellows may have the same rank and pay as 'traditional' research-active academic staff, although this depends on the attitude of the individual department and the institution.

  6. Postgraduate education - Wikipedia

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    The entry of students in the Natio Germanica Bononiae, the nation of German students at the University of Bologna, depicted in a 1497 image. Although systems of higher education date back to ancient India, ancient Greece, ancient Rome and ancient China, the concept of postgraduate education depends upon the system of awarding degrees at different levels of study, and can be traced to the ...

  7. Research assistant - Wikipedia

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    Although research assistants are typically appointed at the graduate level, there are instances where undergraduate students are also employed to provide research support. In fields such as Economics and Business, there are numerous opportunities for undergraduates who have completed their college education to work as research assistants. [6]

  8. Student governments in the United States - Wikipedia

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    At the University of Texas, for example, students are served by three equal and independent student governance organizations: the Student Government represents students generally, but focuses on undergraduate student life matters; the Senate of College Councils represents undergraduate and graduate students in academic affairs; and the Graduate ...

  9. Academic major - Wikipedia

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    For example, suppose that a school has minimum requirements are SATs of 1100 and a GPA of 3.0. If a person applies to an impacted major, the school can raise the minimum requirements as much as needed to weed out the students that it is unable to accommodate. Because of this, some students may opt to apply to a school as "Undeclared".