academic year
noun
: the annual period of sessions of an educational institution usually beginning in September and ending in June
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Jeremiah Quinlan, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid for Yale, reported the undergraduate financial aid budget for the 2023-24 academic year was $241 million — a figure that has more than tripled since the 2007-08 academic year, according to a release on Yale’s website.
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Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
Northwestern said more than 60 percent of its undergraduates receive financial aid, which amounted to almost $290 million last academic year.
—Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
Seniors at select high schools in the southeast Phoenix metro area are eligible to apply for the $4,000 per academic year scholarship.
—Marcus Reichley, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
During the 2022-23 academic year, Missouri banned 333 books, according to a report from PEN America, a nonprofit group that advocates for free expression in literature.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
Emma Schroeder of Hendrix College has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for an English Teaching Assistantship to France for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
—Danny Shameer, arkansasonline.com, 30 Mar. 2024
Winchester High School, closed Friday, had an enrollment of 414 students in the 2022-23 academic year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
In the 2021-2022 academic year, 574 HSIs enrolled over 2 million Latinos, accounting for 60% of all Hispanic college students, according to GAO.
—Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2024
The government’s plan, announced in February, will increase the number of students admitted to medical schools by 2,000 starting in the 2025 academic year which would bring the total to 5,000 per year.
—Manveena Suri, Lucas Lillieholm and Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
Northwestern said more than 60 percent of its undergraduates receive financial aid, which amounted to almost $290 million last academic year.
—Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
Seniors at select high schools in the southeast Phoenix metro area are eligible to apply for the $4,000 per academic year scholarship.
—Marcus Reichley, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
During the 2022-23 academic year, Missouri banned 333 books, according to a report from PEN America, a nonprofit group that advocates for free expression in literature.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
Emma Schroeder of Hendrix College has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for an English Teaching Assistantship to France for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
—Danny Shameer, arkansasonline.com, 30 Mar. 2024
Winchester High School, closed Friday, had an enrollment of 414 students in the 2022-23 academic year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
In the 2021-2022 academic year, 574 HSIs enrolled over 2 million Latinos, accounting for 60% of all Hispanic college students, according to GAO.
—Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2024
The government’s plan, announced in February, will increase the number of students admitted to medical schools by 2,000 starting in the 2025 academic year which would bring the total to 5,000 per year.
—Manveena Suri, Lucas Lillieholm and Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
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