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  2. Institution - Wikipedia

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    Institutions and economic development In the context of institutions and how they are formed, North suggests that institutions ultimately work to provide social structure in society and to incentivize individuals who abide by this structure. North explains that there is in fact a difference between institutions and organizations and that ...

  3. Central Applications Office - Wikipedia

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    Many institutions reserve places in some courses for older adults, people from disadvantaged backgrounds, or other groups unlikely to achieve a place through the points system. [3] Applications for most of these are routed through the CAO, but processed manually by the individual institutions rather than automatically via the points system.

  4. Institution (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    The notion of institution was created by Joseph Goguen and Rod Burstall in the late 1970s, in order to deal with the "population explosion among the logical systems used in computer science". The notion attempts to "formalize the informal" concept of logical system.

  5. University and college admission - Wikipedia

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    In recent years, university admission criteria have been considerably changed by the introduction by the federal government of a new national secondary school exam known as ENEM (Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio) and the creation of a unified, national university application system known as SISU (Sistema de Seleção Unificada). Candidates in ...

  6. List of research universities in the United States - Wikipedia

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    R1 institutions will be defined as those that (1) have $50 million in research expenditures, and (2) grant 70 research doctorates. Other changes to the classification system include multiple labels to identify institutions, and recognition for non-doctoral universities. [7]

  7. Applications architecture - Wikipedia

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    Applications architecture strategy involves ensuring the applications and the integration align with the growth strategy of the organization. If an organization is a manufacturing organization with fast growth plans through acquisitions, the applications architecture should be nimble enough to encompass inherited legacy systems as well as other large competing systems.

  8. College application - Wikipedia

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    College application is the process by which individuals apply to gain entry into a college or university.Although specific details vary by country and institution, applications generally require basic background information of the applicant, such as family background, and academic or qualifying exam details such as grade point average in secondary school and standardized testing scores.

  9. College admissions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    College admissions in the United States refers to the process of applying for entrance to institutions of higher education for undergraduate study at one of the nation's colleges or universities. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For those who intend to attend college immediately after high school , the college search usually begins in the eleventh grade [ 3 ] with ...