an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
(sometimes initial capital letter) a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years: often an emblem of immorta
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(initial capital letter) Astronomy. a southern constellation between Hydrus and Sculptor.
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a person or thing of peerless beauty or excellence; paragon.
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a person or thing that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity or apparent annihilation.
Leithold, Louis American mathematician and teacher (b. Nov. 16, 1924, San Francisco, Calif.-found dead April 29, 2005, Los Angeles, Calif.), authored The Calculus, a classic textbook credited with having changed the ...
Phoenix Until the mid-1980s the educational system was characterized by inadequate funding, overcrowding, and poorly trained staff. In later years additional funding, stricter requirements, and the ...
Fiesta Bowl annual American college postseason gridiron football game held at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., beginning in 2008, after being played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz., for ...
Eisenman, Peter American architect known for his radical designs and architectural theories. He is often characterized as a deconstructivist.
Education The number of profit-making degree-granting higher-education campuses in the U.S. more than doubled from about 350 in 1990 to more than 750 in 2002, when over 300,000 students were enrolled. The ...
The Oregonian - Found 39 minutes ago TIGARD - The University of Phoenix Oregon Campus will be hosting a career fair that is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,
Arizona State University - Found Sep. 3, 2008 ... to open an office at the Downtown Phoenix campus. Known as 'Barrett Downtown,' the new location in Suite 164 of University Center establishes...
WBNS-10TV - Found Aug. 31, 2008 Decker says the expansion is necessary to compete with other for-profit competitors such as DeVry University and the University of Phoenix.
Cleveland Live - Found Aug. 31, 2008 Decker says the expansion is necessary to compete with other for-profit competitors such as DeVry University and the University of Phoenix.
