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| | |  College - Australia: Encyclopedia II - College - The rest of the English-speaking worldInfluenced by their origins in the British Empire, and by modern American pop culture, the rest of the English-speaking world seems to have adopted a mix of their practices.
College - Australia.
In Australia, the term "college" can refer to an institution of tertiary education that is smaller than a university, run independently or as part of a university. Following a reform in the 1980s many of the formerly independent colleges now belong to a larger university. Many private high schools that provide seco ...
See also:College, College - United Kingdom, College - Universities and colleges, College - United States of America, College - The origin of America's usage, College - British and American usage contrasted, College - The rest of the English-speaking world, College - Australia, College - Canada, College - Ireland, College - Hong Kong, College - India, College - Singapore, College - New Zealand, College - The non-English-speaking world Read more here: » College: Encyclopedia II - College - The rest of the English-speaking world |
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| | | | College - Australia: Encyclopedia II - College - United States of America By contrast to British usage, in American English the term "college" is generally reserved for institutions of higher education, which are often totally independent and fully empowered to grant degrees. The usual practice in America today is to call an institution made up of several faculties and granting a range of higher degrees a "university" while a smaller institution only granting bachelor's or associate's degrees is called a "college". (See liberal arts colleges, community college). Nevertheless, a few of America's most prestigious un ...
See also:College, College - United Kingdom, College - Universities and colleges, College - United States of America, College - The origin of America's usage, College - British and American usage contrasted, College - The rest of the English-speaking world, College - Australia, College - Canada, College - Ireland, College - Hong Kong, College - India, College - Singapore, College - New Zealand, College - The non-English-speaking world Read more here: » College: Encyclopedia II - College - United States of America |
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| | | | College - Australia: Encyclopedia II - College - United Kingdom British usage of the word "college" remains the loosest, encompassing a range of institutions:
certain public schools for children such as Eton and Winchester
certain secondary schools, particularly "sixth form colleges", where students (ages 16-18) finish their secondary education, and some specialist schools
the constituent parts of some universities (see below)
university colleges — independent higher education institutions that have been granted degree-awarding powers but not university status.See also: College, College - United Kingdom, College - Universities and colleges, College - United States of America, College - The origin of America's usage, College - British and American usage contrasted, College - The rest of the English-speaking world, College - Australia, College - Canada, College - Ireland, College - Hong Kong, College - India, College - Singapore, College - New Zealand, College - The non-English-speaking world Read more here: » College: Encyclopedia II - College - United Kingdom |
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| | | | College - Australia: Encyclopedia II - College - British and American usage contrasted The most confusing aspect of the conflict between the British and American terminology arises from the colloquial use of the word "college" by Americans. Where a British person (or indeed, most people around the world) would say "attend university", the American instead says, "go to college" — even if he is referring to a something formally called a university. In Britain, aside from usage in reference to collegiate universities as detailed above, to attend "college" would usually be accepted as meaning one attends a technical colle ...
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