Publish or perish in the ivory tower of learning outcomes.
Designated times when professors sit in their offices waiting for students who will never come, creating the academic equivalent of a birthday party no one attends. The three students who do show up are either lost, need a letter of recommendation, or are crying.
The university's data wizards who crunch numbers on everything from retention rates to demographic trends, producing reports that administrators cite selectively. They know exactly how badly things are going before anyone else does.
The administrative unit managing student records, enrollment, transcripts, and graduation requirements—basically the paper trail keepers of academia. They're the people who know whether you actually graduated or just think you did.
A spoken test or examination, especially in language classes—as opposed to written exams where you have time to think. Perfectly designed to panic students.
Related to existence or being—academic terminology for 'what is real?' that makes philosophy papers 150% more confusing.