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1. A & M in A, n. View full entry 1865
...(in the names of colleges and universities) Agricultural and Mechanical....
2. Abitur, n. View full entry 1918
...In Germany: the set of examinations taken in the final year of secondary school, forming part of the entrance requirements for universities....
3. absit, n. View full entry 1857
...A notice granting temporary absence (originally for a day or part of a day) to a university student or a pupil at a boarding school. Cf. exeat2....
4. Academe, n. View full entry 1771
...= academia2....
5. Academe, n. View full entry 1861
...Chiefly U.S. = academic3....
6. academia, n. View full entry 1903
...The academic community; the world of university scholarship; = Academe2....
7. academic, n. and adj. View full entry 1581
...A member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff. Also in weakened sense: a person interested...
8. academical clerk in academical, adj. and n. View full entry 1857
...at certain colleges of Oxford University, a junior member of a college who receives an emolument in return for undertaking duties (esp. singing) in chapel....
9. academical clerkship in academical, adj. and n. View full entry 1867
...a position as an academical clerk at an Oxford college....
10. accumulate, v. View full entry 1615
...trans.Oxford Univ. To take (degrees) by accumulation (accumulation4). Also intr....
11. accumulating, n. View full entry 1630
...Oxford Univ. The action or practice of taking degrees by accumulation (accumulation4). Obs....
12. accumulation, n. View full entry 1692
...Oxford Univ. The practice of taking higher and lower degrees together or at a shorter interval than usual, and with the work done for the lower degree counting towards the higher....
13. accumulator, n. View full entry 1691
...Oxford Univ. A person who takes degrees by accumulation (accumulation4). Obs....
14. act, n. View full entry 1587
...Oxford Univ. With capital initial. The ceremony to mark the completion of degrees, during which theses were publicly defended; cf. commencement2a. In later use hist....
15. Act Sermon in act, n. View full entry 1641
...a sermon preached on Act Sunday....
16. Act Sunday in act, n. View full entry 1600
...the Sunday during the Act (sense 7b) on which two of the new Doctors of Divinity preached; the last Sunday of Act Term....
17. Act Term in act, n. View full entry 1691
...the term in which the Act (sense 7b) took place; Trinity term....
18. ad eundem, adv. View full entry 1711
...To the same degree, rank, or status at another university or institution; by virtue of having previously attained that degree or status at a different university....
19. adjoint, n. and adj. View full entry 1828
...Educ. (chiefly U.S.). Designating an assistant or temporary academic position. Chiefly in adjoint professor. Also as postmodifier. Cf. adjunct2....
20. adult training in adult, adj. and n. View full entry 1853
...training undertaken as an adult or provided for adults, typically in practical and vocational skills; freq. (and in earliest use) attrib., as adult training centre, adult training...
