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Florida Atlantic University High School (FAU High School) is a public, laboratory, dual-enrollment high school located on the Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University. It is the only high school in the United States to offer full-time dual-enrollment at a state university to students after completion of 9th grade.
The Florida Atlantic University Libraries are a set of libraries in Florida Atlantic University. It comprises a main library on the Boca Raton Campus, the University College Library at the Davie campus, the Broward County Main Library, the FAU Harbor Branch Library, and the John D. MacArthur Campus Library in Jupiter.
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- ↑ "State University System of Florida: Florida Atlantic University". State University System of Florida.
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- 1 2 "College of Education Fact Sheet" (PDF). Florida Atlantic University College of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ↑ "A.D. Henderson University School - Mission Statement". Florida Atlantic University College of Education. Archived from the original on 2007-04-05. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ↑ "Institutions, Search: Florida Atlantic University". SACSCOC. Retrieved 2023-02-27.