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1978 Indonesian student protests
The 1978 Indonesian student protests were university demonstrations led by student councils against Soeharto's re-election, prompting a 1978 decree that silenced campus politics for a decade.
2004 Harvard–Yale prank
2004 Harvard–Yale prank, the "We Suck" card stunt: Yale students Michael Kai and David Aulicino posed as a Harvard Pep Squad at the November 20, 2004 game, handing Harvard fans 1,800 placards that spelled "We Suck" instead of "Go Harvard".
2006 Rose Bowl
The 2006 Rose Bowl, the BCS National Championship Game, saw No. 2 Texas beat No. 1 USC 41-38 in Pasadena on January 4, 2006, on Vince Young's 8-yard fourth-down touchdown run with 19 seconds left, ending USC's 34-game winning streak.
2010 BCS National Championship Game
2010 BCS National Championship Game (Citi BCS National Championship Game): January 7, 2010 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena; No. 1 Alabama beat No. 2 Texas 37-21 to finish 14-0 and win its 13th national title, first since 1992, deciding the 2009 FBS season.
2013 BCS National Championship Game
The 2013 BCS National Championship Game, also called the Discover BCS National Championship Game, was played January 7, 2013 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens; No. 2 Alabama beat No. 1 Notre Dame 42-14 for the 2012 college football national title.
2016 College Football Playoff National Championship
Second College Football Playoff title game: No. 2 Alabama beat No. 1 Clemson 45-40 on January 11, 2016 at Glendale, Arizona, winning on an onside kick and Kenyan Drake's 95-yard kickoff return; Deshaun Watson set the 478-yard total offense record.
2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season marked 150 years of college football, ending with undefeated LSU beating Clemson 42-25 for the national title on January 13, 2020.
2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 151st college football season, was played under COVID-19 restrictions with 139 games canceled or postponed; Alabama won the AP and CFP national titles and DeVonta Smith won the Heisman Trophy.
2022 College Football Playoff National Championship
2022 College Football Playoff National Championship: No. 3 Georgia beat No. 1 Alabama 33-18 on January 10, 2022 at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, for Georgia's first national title since 1980, behind Stetson Bennett and Kelee Ringo's 79-yard pick-six.
2025 University of Oklahoma essay controversy
2025 University of Oklahoma essay controversy: student Samantha Fulnecky got a zero on a psychology essay citing the Bible against multiple genders; instructor Mel Curth was placed on leave, then removed, amid national academic-freedom debate.
Abertay University
Abertay University, formerly Dundee Technical Institute (founded 1888) and Dundee Institute of Technology, is a Scottish modern university in Dundee granted university status in 1994. Known for the world's first computer games degrees (1997) and the UK's first ethical hacking courses.
Abilene Christian University
Abilene Christian University (ACU), private Christian university in Abilene, Texas, founded 1906 as Childers Classical Institute, Churches of Christ affiliated, Carnegie R2, record enrollment 7,877 fall 2026, molten-salt research reactor consortium.
Academia Istropolitana
Academia Istropolitana, also called Universitas Istropolitana, was a medieval university founded by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary in Bratislava, the first university on present-day Slovak territory.
Academic degree
Academic degree: a university-awarded qualification (bachelor, master, doctor) originating in medieval Europe, structured today into Bologna/ISCED cycles, with OECD earnings premiums of 17–89% and growing micro-credential alternatives.
Academic dress
Academic dress: ceremonial gown, hood, and cap worn at university ceremonies, derived from medieval clerical cappa clausa; codified at Oxford, Cambridge, and by the 1896 Intercollegiate Code.
Academic dress of the University of Cambridge
Academical dress of the University of Cambridge: prescribed gown, hood, and head-dress regulated by University Ordinances. College-specific undergraduate gowns, knee-length rule of 1934, scarlet festal dress, and Cambridge-only dress at graduation.
Academic Ranking of World Universities (世界大学学术排名)
Academic Ranking of World Universities (世界大学学术排名, ARWU, Shanghai Ranking): annual global university league table first published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003, now run by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, ranking 1000 of over 2500 universities on six objective research indicators.
Academic ranks in the United Kingdom
Academic ranks in the United Kingdom: the graded titles for university staff, traditionally Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, and Professor, with parallel research and teaching tracks and growing adoption of associate professor.
Academic ranks in the United States
Academic ranks in the United States: the assistant, associate, and full professor ladder, tenure and non-tenure-track appointment types, contingent faculty shares, and rank-specific requirements.
Academic term
Academic term: a scheduled block of the academic year, in semester, trimester, quarter, or block formats; differs by contact hours, funding-year rules, and measured effects on student outcomes.
Academy
Academy: from Plato's grove outside Athens to specialized higher education institutions, honorary scholarly societies, military schools, and sports training centers; defined by field-specific learning.
ACT (test)
The ACT (originally American College Test, introduced 1959) is a US college admissions exam scored 1-36 with English, math, and reading sections plus optional science and writing; paper or digital, linear, no score capping, distinct from the adaptive SAT.
Adelphi University
Adelphi University, formerly Adelphi College, is a private university in Garden City, New York, chartered in 1896 and the first coeducational private college on Long Island.
Adjunct professor
Adjunct professor: a part-time, contract-based college instructor paid per course (about $2,500–$7,000), without tenure or benefits; adjuncts and other contingent faculty now make up roughly 70 percent of US instructional staff.
Aggie Bonfire
Aggie Bonfire was Texas A&M's annual student-built bonfire before the Texas football game, held 1909–1998 (except 1963). The 1999 stack collapse killed 12, ending the on-campus tradition.
Ajou University (아주대학교)
Ajou University (아주대학교) is a private comprehensive university in Suwon, South Korea, founded in 1973 under a Korean-French agreement, acquired by the Daewoo Foundation in 1977, and ranked around 563rd by QS in 2026.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (अखिल भारतीय विद्यार्थी परिषद)
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (अखिल भारतीय विद्यार्थी परिषद, ABVP) is an Indian student organization founded in 1948 and registered 9 July 1949 in Delhi, affiliated with the RSS, active in the JP movement and Emergency resistance, and now the dominant force in Delhi University student politics.
Alabama A&M University
Alabama A&M University (AAMU), founded 1875 in Huntsville by William Hooper Councill, is Alabama's largest HBCU and an 1890 land-grant institution at Normal, Alabama, with 7,808 students in fall 2025.
Alabama State University
Alabama State University (ASU) is a public HBCU in Montgomery, Alabama, founded in 1867 as the Lincoln Normal School at Marion by the Marion Nine; SACSCOC-accredited, about 4,565 students, ranked No. 29 among HBCUs by U.S. News in 2026.
Alan Garber
Alan M. Garber (born 1955) is an American economist-physician and 31st president of Harvard University, appointed August 2, 2024 after more than 12 years as provost; he led Harvard through its federal funding fight with the Trump administration.