College

The difference between a 4.0 and a 4.3 GPA scale is whether an A+ is worth more than an A. On a 4.0 scale, A and A+ are both worth 4.0, so 4.0 is the highest possible average. On a 4.3 scale, the school adds a third of a point for a plus grade all […]

Semester hours and quarter hours are both college credit hours, but they come from calendars of different lengths, so a quarter hour is worth two-thirds of a semester hour. Under federal rules a semester (or trimester) hour must include at least 30 clock hours of instruction and a quarter hour at least 20, which is

A contact hour is time you actually spend in class with an instructor, in a lecture or a lab. A credit hour is the unit a college puts on your transcript for a course, and it is earned by accumulating contact hours over a term: in the United States, one semester credit hour is 15

The difference between college ruled and wide ruled paper is the space between the lines. College ruled (also called medium ruled) paper has lines 9/32 inch (7.1 mm) apart; wide ruled (also called legal ruled) paper has lines 11/32 inch (8.7 mm) apart. Both have a vertical margin drawn about 1 1/4 inches (32 mm)

Carleton College and Carleton University are two different schools in two different countries. Carleton College is a small private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, founded in 1866, with 2,128 students. Carleton University is a large public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1942, with more than 25,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students.

St. John’s University and St. John’s College are different, unrelated schools. St. John’s University is a large private Catholic university in Queens, New York City, founded in 1870 by the Vincentian Fathers, with 19,389 students. St. John’s College is a tiny secular liberal arts college with campuses in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico,

Trinity College and Trinity University are two unrelated liberal arts schools that are easy to confuse. Trinity College is in Hartford, Connecticut, founded in 1823 as Washington College and a member of the NESCAC; Trinity University is in San Antonio, Texas, founded in 1869 by Cumberland Presbyterians, with Tigers teams in the Southern Athletic Association.

Wesleyan University and Wesleyan College are not the same school. Wesleyan University is a highly selective coeducational liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, founded in 1831; Wesleyan College is a small women’s college in Macon, Georgia, chartered in 1836 as the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women. Both were named

Miami University and the University of Miami are two completely different schools. Miami University is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, founded in 1809 and often called “Miami of Ohio”; the University of Miami is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, founded in 1925 and known as “The U”. They share a

American College of Education (ACE) is a private for-profit online college based in Indianapolis, Indiana, established in 2005. It is mainly a graduate school for teachers, school leaders, nurses and healthcare workers: of its 14,263 students in fall 2024, only 359 were undergraduates. Its pros are Higher Learning Commission accreditation, CAEP-accredited education programs, a lower-cost