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I HaD My HigH ScHOOL DIplomAFinaLLy Im OuT oF LILA In the United States, unlike the United Kingdom, students usually 'graduate' from school below university level.
The American Council on Education is the authority on academic regalia in the United States, and
has developed an Academic Ceremony Guide that is generally followed by most institutions of higher learning.
The ceremony guide and the related Academic Costume Code provide the core of academic ceremony
traditions in the United States.
At many large U. S. institutions, where many hundreds of degrees are being granted at once, the
main ceremony (commencement) in a sports stadium, amphitheater, parade ground or lawn, or other large -
often outdoor - venue is usually followed, but sometimes preceded, by smaller ceremonies (diploma
ceremony) at sites on or around campus where deans and faculty of each academic organization (college,
department, program, etc.) distribute diplomas to their graduates. Another means of handling very large
numbers of graduates is to have several ceremonies, divided by field of study, at a central site over the course
of a weekend instead of one single ceremony. At large institutions the great number of family members /
guests that each graduating student wishes to attend may exceed the capacity of organizers to accommodate.
Universities try to manage this by allocating a specified number of graduation tickets to each student that will be
graduating.
It is also common for graduates not to receive their actual diploma at the ceremony but instead a
certificate indicating that they participated in the ceremony or a portfolio to hold the diploma in. At the high
school level, this allows academic administrators to withhold diplomas from students who are unruly during
the ceremony; at the college level, this allows students who need an additional quarter or semester to satisfy
their academic requirements to nevertheless participate in the official ceremony with their cohort before
receiving their degree.
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