University System

## Description

The organization that all universities are a part of.

## History

In c. 2769, there was a change for the students that wanted to study pre-history. Many of the leading pre-history experts had never stepped foot on earth nor visited any of the historical sites that they were teaching.

All history foundation classes became all about pre-history and it became compulsory that they be held on Earth. After the foundation class a student can continue studying pre-history either practical or theory, or study modern history which begins with the first off-world colony, Adonis.

## Application

Students apply to one university and program of their choosing via the Cross-sector Application Process. Parents and guardians are not allowed to make changes to the applications, rather everything must be done by the students. In the application, students can attach notes, for instance requesting to be in the same class as someone else or threatening legal action if the employees reveal confidential medical information.

Each year in November, the Cross-sector Application Process publishes a ranking list of university applications. There was a significant shake-up in 2789 following the excavation of the alien probe.

## Timeline

This is the schedule for course applications and the courses themselves, using the interstellar standard Green Time.

* June: Cross-sector University Application Process opens.
* 16 November: applications are due.
* 1 December: universities send acceptance/rejection mails.
* 31 December: universities send out finalized course details.
* 2 January: university courses begin.
* 8 January: last day to arrive on the course (University Asgard regulation).
* 11 December (three weeks before Year End): non-University Earth courses end.
* 24 December (one week before Year End): University Earth courses end.

Students can send in late applications.

## Payment

For most students, there are two basic options: their parents help pay for their education or the students use the cross-sector student borrowing system. If borrowing, after the completion of their education, the students have to pay back the loans in the form of education tax.

Some students have additional options. Hospital Earth pays education fees for its wards, while students with at least one Military parent can receive an education scholarship from the Military. Miranda's Education Subcommittee has arranged for sponsored students to receive a small grant from the Planetary Development Fund to assist those students in receiving university educations.

## Universities of Note

### University Earth

University Earth offers a wide variety of programs, with foundation courses including Medicine, Pre-history, Art Paint, Art Light, and Care and Community. University Earth is unrivaled in its specialist areas of history and medicine.

As Earth is unique in having 5 inhabited continents, University Earth's campuses are all across those 5 continents. University Earth Australia maintains Ark and runs tours there. University Earth's Dig Site Federation runs the dig sites on Earth's historical cities.

Wards of Hospital Earth get free education and guaranteed places on University Earth courses.

### University Cassandra

University Cassandra has been working to improve its pre-history and archaeology program. In 2782(?), University Cassandra and University Asgard started running a joint research team that would eventually become Cassandra 2. As of 2789, University Cassandra has at least two research teams and one pre-history degree course team in practical archaeology.

In 2789, the Cassandra 2 research team was involved in several high profile excavations, the Solar 5 excavation and the excavation of the alien probe. The publicity gave University Cassandra a major bump in popularity, increasing nearly 200 places in the rankings to 4th place.

### University Danae

After the decision to require all students studying history to begin with an one year pre-history Foundation Course on Earth, University Danae decided to stop offering a full history degree course and switched to offering a degree in historical studies. They also segregate their classes into male and female only classes.

### University Asgard

University Asgard runs a high quality history program, both for students and also helping other universities start dig site excavation of their own. All University Asgard courses are run under the Gamma sector moral code.

In 2789, parts of the Asgard 6 pre-history foundation course were involved in several high profile excavations, the Solar 5 excavation and the excavation of the alien probe. The publicity gave University Asgard a major bump in popularity, increasing in the rankings from 130th to 1st place.

### University Hercules

University Hercules was founded by Jorgen Eklund after the Military dumped him on Hercules under planetary arrest. The early establishment of a true university allowed Hercules to become an influential Deltan world. University Hercules has a very strong science program.

### University Miranda

University Miranda is scheduled to open in 2792 or 2793, which will make it one of the first universities in Epsilon sector. Miranda's Planetary Development Board hopes to follow the examples of Isis and Hercules in Delta sector, as those two planets had the first true universities in Delta sector and rapidly became quite influential. University Miranda will focus on agriculture and teach training, but will have other departments, including history.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Earth Girl (Earth Girl series Book 1) (p. 14). Pyr. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Edwards, Janet. 2021. Deltan Escape. Ch 3.
3. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Earth Prime (The Earth Girl Aftermath Stories Book 1) . Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
4. ↑ Edwards, Janet. *Earth Girl*. 2012 Harper Voyager. pg. 186-187.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Edwards, Janet. Earth Prime (The Earth Girl Aftermath Stories Book 1) . Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.

### Bibliography

* Earth Girl (Earth Girl series Book 1) (2015)
* Earth Prime (2020)