### social organization | institution:

College
* All colleges are schools.
* Many colleges have class secretaries that keep tabs on classmates
  - sell alcohol at sports events
  - use social security numbers for student identification purposes on student records
* Most colleges comprise schools.
* Some colleges also have very precious books and manuscripts
  - are educational institutions
* Some colleges have a preoccupation with males wearing any type of headgear within buildings
  - night classes for people who work during the day
  - residence halls for single parents and their children
  - lump housing and food costs together, commonly called room and board
  - run courses for people returning to study after a break
* add students.
* are academies
  - big places with many buildings spread out over acres of land
  - centers of cultural resource and enrichment
* are located in big cities
  - fraternity houses
  - large cities
  - part of academia
  - stations
  - used for teaching
* assist high school students
* bridge between adolescence and adulthood.
* busy time in one's life.
* can be a vulnerable period in a young woman's or man's life.
* chance to meet interesting people from different states, cultures, countries.
* community of preadults on the verge of either success or homosexuality.
* follow policy
  - schedules
* game which is played only by people who are still in the running.
* give assistance
  - expert assistance
* have a tendency to produce more well-paid workers than universities
  - labs
  - options
  - pupils
* helps people grow intellectually, financially, and personally.
* hold services.
* is about learning and about experiencing.
* is about learning how to do the work
  - tolerate, how to accept, how to like, and how to love
  - to deal with life
  - learning, learning how to live
  - the sharing and exchanging of ideas
  - also a time when many young people are trying to figure out their sexual orientation
  - different when it comes to people
  - labeled a time when boys and girls become men and women
  - many people's first exposure to life on their own
  - one type of education
  - seen widely as a time when students find themselves and discover their passions
  - supposed to guide children who are making the transition into adulthood
* is the college in which the course is taught
  - home of diversity
  - institution designed to offer a liberal education
  - last half of American high school
  - period of intense self-reflection and identity construction
  - place where dreams come true
  - second largest investment most families make, outside of purchasing a home
  - time that students learn good habits, like being to class on time
  - understood in our culture as a place where one becomes better educated
  - usually the gap between childhood and the adult world
* is where everyone find themselves and their place in society
  - people come out in countless, sometimes unimaginable ways
  - visionary minds go to be challenged, grow, and mature
* melting pot of diversity, with people of all races, backgrounds and religions.
* offer counsel
  - degrees
  - features
  - master degrees
  - material science
  - mathematics
  - technology
* often becomes the first time young adults have to prepare their own food.
* place of learning
  - to learn and experience new things
* play sports to help develop young men and women through tough, honest competition.
* provide guidance.
* report debts.
* require students.
* say students.
* socialization process.
* tend to be smaller schools and universities are usually larger schools with more.
* time in which people's tastes change as they are exposed to new things.
* time of new experiences, new relationships and new growth
  - personal growth outside of the classroom
  - to form new relationships and to become involved in new and different activities
* time to learn and explore different points of view
  - to think in new ways and explore new ideals
  - meet new people and plan for one's future
  - work hard and have fun
  - when an individual is trying to, first and foremost, achieve academic success
* time when students are testing their values
  - seek for truth and answers
  - think the world is perfect
  - young men and women learn to make their own decisions
* transition phase between adolescence and adulthood.
+ Doctorate: Academia :: Qualifications
  * A 'doctorate' is a degree earned by passing a doctoral disseration. Usually, it refers to a Ph.D., but it can also be an Doctor of Medicine or an Juris Doctor. Colleges often give honorary doctorates to famous people who speak there.
+ Midterm exam, Purpose: Education
  * Midterm exams can be given for several reasons. This tells a student who does not do well that they should drop the class. Many colleges stop allowing students to drop a class a week or two after the first midterm exam. Midterm exams can also show how well a teacher is doing in teaching their class. Some teachers give more than one midterm exam.
+ University of Cambridge, Libraries and Museums: Cambridge :: Colleges and universities in England :: 1231 establishments
  * The University has 114 libraries. The main one is called 'Cambridge University Library'. It is a legal deposit, which means every book that is printed in the United Kingdom goes in this library. Many departments have their own library as well. They usually have special books for their subjects only. All colleges have a library. This is mainly for the undergraduates, so that they can read basic books about their subjects. Some colleges also have very precious books and manuscripts.