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*3 : arrangement in degrees or ranks

*3 : arrangement in degrees or ranks

==Description==

==Description==

'''Graduation''' is the [[action]] of receiving or conferring an academic [[degree]] or the [[ceremony]] that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as ''Graduands''. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also called commencement, convocation  or invocation. At the [http://www.cambridge.ac.uk|University of Cambridge], the occasion on which most graduands receive their BA degree is known as general admission. After degree completion, graduates can be referred to by their graduating year. In the United States and Canada, it is also used to refer to the advancement from a primary or secondary school level.

'''Graduation''' is the [[action]] of receiving or conferring an academic [[degree]] or the [[ceremony]] that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as ''Graduands''. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also called commencement, convocation  or invocation. At the [http://www.cambridge.ac.uk University of Cambridge], the occasion on which most graduands receive their BA degree is known as general admission. After degree completion, graduates can be referred to by their graduating year. In the United States and Canada, it is also used to refer to the advancement from a primary or secondary school level.

When ceremonies are associated, they usually include a [[procession]] of the [[academic]] staff and candidates. Beginning at the secondary school level in the United States, the candidates will almost always wear academic [[dress]], and increasingly [[faculty]] will do the same. At the college and university level, the faculty will usually wear academic dress at the [[formal]] ceremonies, as will the trustees and degree candidates. "Graduation" at the college and university level occurs when the presiding officer confers degrees upon candidates, either [[individually]] or en masse, even if graduates [[physically]] receive their diploma later at a smaller college or departmental [[ceremony]].

When ceremonies are associated, they usually include a [[procession]] of the [[academic]] staff and candidates. Beginning at the secondary school level in the United States, the candidates will almost always wear academic [[dress]], and increasingly [[faculty]] will do the same. At the college and university level, the faculty will usually wear academic dress at the [[formal]] ceremonies, as will the trustees and degree candidates. "Graduation" at the college and university level occurs when the presiding officer confers degrees upon candidates, either [[individually]] or en masse, even if graduates [[physically]] receive their diploma later at a smaller college or departmental [[ceremony]].

[[Category: Education]]

[[Category: Education]]