Definition

The amount of money universities charge for education, determined by a complex formula involving the cost of instruction, facility maintenance, and whatever number makes the board of trustees giggle with glee. It rises annually at a rate that makes inflation look like a bargain shopper.

Example Usage

"My tuition went up 8% this year to fund a new student wellness center, which I'll need after seeing my tuition bill."

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Work-Study

A financial aid program that lets students earn money by working campus jobs that range from filing papers to pretending to file papers. It teaches valuable skills like looking busy, mastering the copy machine, and accepting that $9 an hour is considered generous in academia.

🎓 Education / Academia
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Pedagogy

The art and science of teaching, or more accurately, the art of talking about teaching using words that make teaching sound much harder than it already is. If you can explain pedagogy without using the word pedagogy, you might actually be a good pedagogue.

🎓 Education / Academia
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Adjunct

A professor who teaches the same courses as a tenured faculty member but for the salary of a particularly ambitious lemonade stand operator. They are the academic equivalent of a streaming service's free trial -- essential to operations but not valued enough for a subscription.

🎓 Education / Academia
Advanced

Mistake Daily

Affectionate yet critical nickname for Cal Poly's student newspaper, coined by readers who've spotted one too many typos or geographical blunders. Every campus has that one publication where the corrections section could be its own supplement.

🎓 Education / Academia
Beginner

Core Curriculum

The mandatory set of courses every student must take regardless of their major, because apparently an English major absolutely needs to know calculus to write poetry. It's academia's way of saying your tuition isn't high enough yet.

🎓 Education / Academia
Intermediate

peer learning

An educational approach where students learn from each other rather than exclusively from the instructor, either through structured activities or the informal help-seeking that happens naturally. It's sometimes called collaborative learning, other times called 'asking your friend who actually understood the lecture.'

🎓 Education / Academia

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