Written by Dustin Berlin. As a student, there are many factors to consider when selecting a school, and accreditation is one factor that should not be overlooked. The goal of accreditation is to ensure that institutions of higher education meet acceptable levels of quality. Accreditation increases the value of your education, impacts your opportunities for federal student aid, affects future employment, and determines whether your work is accepted by other academic institutions.
Finally, deleterious mutations, as the name suggests, pose a threat to the fitness of the organism, as they have harmful effects of the general health of the organism. In general, when considering population genetics, mutations are usually deleterious in nature; very few are beneficial or neutral.
Tedious is the adjective from tedium, which is both Latin and English for boredom. You ordinarily wouldn't use tedious for people, just things; you might say His speeches are tedious, but usually not He is tedious.. Something that is tedious could also be called tiresome.