Editing Matriculation (section)

===Special student===
Universities and colleges in the United States commonly have a category of students known as '''special students''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gsas.harvard.edu/programs_of_study/special_students_admissions.php |title=Special Students: Admissions |website=Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |access-date=January 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128000441/http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/programs_of_study/special_students_admissions.php |archive-date=November 28, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/advising/univspec.htm |title=University Special Students |website=University of Wisconsin – Madison Continuing Education |access-date=January 7, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/admissions/graduate/special.html |title=Undergraduate Special Student Admissions |website=MIT Graduate Admissions |access-date=January 7, 2016 }}</ref> '''non-matriculated students'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stonybrook.edu/spd/graduate/nonmatric.html |title=Non-Matriculated Graduate Student Status |website=Stonybrook University School of Professional Development |access-date=January 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231232515/http://www.stonybrook.edu/spd/graduate/nonmatric.html |archive-date=December 31, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grad.washington.edu/admissions/gnm.shtml |title=Graduate Non-Matriculated Students |website=University of Washington |access-date=January 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115233413/http://www.grad.washington.edu/admissions/gnm.shtml |archive-date=November 15, 2015 }}</ref> or '''non-matriculating students'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sasundergrad.rutgers.edu/current-students/nonmatriculating-students |title=Nonmatriculating Students |website=Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences |access-date=January 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024603/http://sasundergrad.rutgers.edu/current-students/nonmatriculating-students |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Generally these are students who are not merely auditing a class, but receive credit which is potentially transferable, pay full tuition, and often receive benefits that other students receive such as access to facilities and health care. These students typically are enrolled as matriculated students at other institutions and are visiting scholars of some type. However, sometimes students attend classes for the purpose of a standalone non-degree education.