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Study stack 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adult workforce development | post-secondary career and technical education programs |
| Advanced placement | studying college-level material in high school |
| Apprenticeship | learning a trade while working as a skilled employee |
| Articulation agreements | contracts between a high school and a college for course work completed |
| Associate degree | a degree usually completed in two or more full-time years |
| Bachelors degree | college or university degree that takes an average of six years to complete |
| Career preparation | education and training options |
| Certificate | document that is proof of completion of necessary career skills |
| College Prep courses | high school courses that help with post-secondary education |
| Community collage | Government supported collage that offers ascites degree |
| Co-op program | combines high school courses with work experience |
| Dual enrollment | allows high school students to take college-level courses, earning both high school and college credit simultaneously |
| Gap year | a structured period, often taken between high school and college or post-graduation, for personal growth, skill-building |
| Gpa | a numerical summary of a student's academic performance, typically calculated on a 4.0 scale by dividing total quality points |
| Internship | the position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification. |
| Online learning | provides flexible, internet-based education through asynchronous (self-paced) or synchronous |
| On the job training | a hands-on method where employees acquire skills and competencies directly in the workplace while performing productive, paid work |
| Plan B | career backup plan |
| Post-secondary education | any formal education or training pursued after high school, including 2-year and 4-year colleges, universities |