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  • adjective Not of or pertaining to an academic degree.

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non- +‎ degree

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Examples

  • The school has 31 nondegree programs on the calendar for 2012, up from 17 in 2007.

    Business Schools Pay Dues—and Then Some Melissa Korn 2012

  • Six years ago, with a $35 million gift from German software magnate Hasso Plattner , co-founder of SAP AG and a onetime IDEO client, Mr. Kelley founded the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford—dubbed the d.school—a nondegree program that draws students from all seven of Stanford's graduate schools.

    Innovation 101 Carolyn T. Geer 2011

  • The most independent programs, mainly nondegree executive-education courses, still pay 3.25% of their expenses to the university, but skip the processing fee.

    Business Schools Pay Dues—and Then Some Melissa Korn 2012

  • Due to statutory restrictions, the gainful employment proposals will apply to all degree and nondegree programs at for-profit colleges (except liberal arts programs) but only to nondegree vocational programs at public and nonprofit colleges.

    Should the Bar Be Higher for For-Profit Colleges? 2010

  • Continuing education programs, also called adult education or community outreach, offer nondegree classes that are generally conducted in the evening for a modest fee.

    10 ways to learn new skills on the cheap « 10 Dots 2008

  • Just wondering, but if we're going to spread the wealth around here to nondegree holders, wouldn't the value of the M.B.A. decline?

    Robert Teitelman: On the Matter of the M.B.A. Oath 2009

  • We have about 1,000 people come through our nondegree education program each year, so we get to know all those people.

    A Business School Specializes 2009

  • In addition, culinary schools across the country are starting to offer wine classes in degree and nondegree programs.

    A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008

  • In addition, culinary schools across the country are starting to offer wine classes in degree and nondegree programs.

    A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008

  • It is all part of an elite advanced management program, an intensive, nondegree course of study that caters to experienced executives across industries.

    It's Intense at the Top 2008

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