Erweiterter Wortschatz für den TOEFL - Education

a number indicating how well a student is doing in the US education system

Notendurchschnitt, Leistungsdurchschnitt

an official certificate in the US that people who did not complete high school can obtain by taking some classes and successfully passing a test, which is the equivalent of the actual high school diploma

Allgemeines Äquivalenzdiplom, Diplom für allgemeine Gleichwertigkeit

a university degree awarded to someone who has passed a certain number of credits in the arts, humanities, or some other disciplines

Bachelor of Arts

a university degree that a student receives in particular subjects, generally after three to five years of study

Bachelor of Science

a former female student or pupil of a school, university, or college

Alumna, ehemalige Studentin

a person, particularly a male one, who is a former student of a college, university, or school

Alumnus, ehemaliger Student

the university, college, or school that one used to study at

Alma Mater

(in the US) with the third highest level of distinction achievable by a student

cum laude, mit Auszeichnung cum laude

a high-school or university student who is in their first year of education

Erstsemester, Neuankömmling

someone who leaves school or college before finishing their studies

Abbrecher, Schulabbrecher

an educational method in which students learn with the help of electronic and online media as well as traditional classroom teaching

blended learning, kombiniertes Lernen

a two-year college providing higher education, primarily for students from the local community

Gemeinschaftskolleg, Gemeinschaftsuniversität

the practice of teaching pupils of both sexes together in a school

Koedukation

short-term or part-time courses provided for adults who have left formal education

Weiterbildung, Fortbildung

the education of children with special needs, especially those who have physical or learning problems

Sonderpädagogik, Sonderunterricht für Kinder mit besonderen Bedürfnissen

relating to a college or its students

kollegial, universitär

a college or school that provides people with special training

Akademie, Fachschule

someone who is not present at school, work, etc. when they are supposed to be

Abwesende, Abwesenheit

a formal and academic conference or seminar

Kolloquium, Seminar

a school or college that people attend to for studying music, theater, or some other form of art

Konservatorium, Kunstschule

relating to the topics that a course of study in a school or college consists of

lehrplanmäßig, zum Curriculum gehörend

not included in the regular course of study at a college or school

außerschulisch, zusätzlich

an educational unit that represents a completed course part

Kredit, Lerneinheit

a person whose job is to take care of a building such as a school, a block of flats, or an apartment building

Hausmeister, Pförtner

the head of a faculty or a department of studies in a university

Dekan, Dekanin

the staff who teach or conduct research in a university or college

Lehrkörper

the position that a university professor has

Lehrstuhl, Präsidentschaft

a professor who has the highest rank in a university

ordentlicher Professor, voller Professor

someone who is responsible for advising students about educational and personal decisions

Schulberater, Orientierungsberater

someone who has a lot of knowledge about a particular subject, especially in the humanities

Gelehrter, Wissenschaftler

a type of punishment for students who have done something wrong and as a result, they cannot go home at the same time as others

Nachsitzen, Bestrafung

to temporarily prevent someone from going to school as a punishment because they did something wrong

suspendieren, vorübergehend ausschließen

the act of expelling or forcing someone to leave a particular place, especially a school

Expulsion, Ausschluss

to officially register oneself or someone else as a participant in a course, school, etc.

sich einschreiben

an educational option provided by universities and colleges for people who are not able to study full time

Erwachsenenbildung, Weiterbildung

a social club for male students in a university or college, especially in the US and Canada

Verbindung

the process or action of joining a school, course, etc.; the number of people who joined a school, course, etc.

Einschreibung, Immatrikulation

a social club for female students in a university or college, especially in the US and Canada

Schwesternschaft, Frauenverbindung

a test that high school students take before college or university in the US

SAT (Test), SAT-Prüfung