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Realistic, Artistic, Enterprising, Investigative, Social, Conventional
List and describe one Holland Code from the Kuder Journey.
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What is a major.
The academic subject area a student chooses to focus on during undergraduate studies.
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What is False.
A commuter student lives on campus and walks to classes.
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What is Academic.
My ___ Advisor can assist with planning my course schedule and provide referrals to other student services.
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What is a public institution.
This type of institution is governed by state regulations, allots for an in-state tuition rate, and profits are circulated back through the institution.
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What is an Articulation Agreement.
This agreement is a formal agreement between two or more colleges for a degree or program.
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What is True.
Evaluating student outcomes of a school can give you an indication of the quality of the school and education offered.
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What is Admissions.
___ manages the recruitment of students and the application process. Once all required documents have been received and evaluated this office will notify stuends of their status.
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What are CLEP (College Level Examination Program) or DSST (Dantes Subject Standard Tests)
Passing these exams can provide you with transfer credit into your degree plan.
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What is Hybrid or Blended.
Names commonly used to describe courses in which some traditional face-to-face "seat time" has been replaced by online learning activities.
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What is False.
Completing all required classes online is a faster way to earn your degree.
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Offers career counseling, assessments, workshops, and other resources to help find internships and jobs to apply to graduate programs.
List 2 services the Career Services department can provide.
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What are Private for-profit institutions.
Institutions operating as a business, often have shareholders, and surplus funding (profits) are distributed to its shareholders.
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What are General Education Requirements.
Core courses that all students, regardless of major, must complete, i.e., lab science, math, English, history, physical education, etc.
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What is False.
It doesn't matter where you attend school and obtain your degree - you just need to check the box that you have a degree.
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What is the Financial Aid office.
___ administers federal, state, and institutional aid including student loans, grants, and work-study.
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What are Regional and National. Regional is the highest level of accreditation and impacts the ability to transfer credits.
The two types of accreditation are ___ and ___. Explain why this is an important factor for school selection.
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What is the Joint Services Transcript (JST).
A record of military training evaluated by the American Council on Education and given recommended equivalent college transfer credit.
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What is True.
Transfer credits are not guaranteed and are determined on a course by course basis by the institution you're attending.
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What is the Learning Resource Center.
Provides free tutoring in a variety of subjects from trained faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
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