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Higher education is education provided by universities, vocational universities, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, technical colleges, and other collegial institutions that award academic degrees, such as career colleges. Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects A vocational university (professional university or college of higher vocational studies is an institution of Higher education and sometimes Research, which A community college is a type of Educational institution. The term has different meanings in different countries Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon Undergraduate study in the Liberal arts. Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of Higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing ATTENTION *** This article is not "Vocational education in the United States"

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Post-secondary or tertiary education, also referred to as third-stage, third level education, or higher education, is the non-compulsory educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, or gymnasium. Australia See also Education High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes A gymnasium (pronounced with ɡ- in several languages is a type of school providing Secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar Tertiary education is normally taken to include undergraduate and postgraduate education, as well as vocational education and training. In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training (VET also called Career and Technical Education (CTE prepares learners for jobs that are based Colleges and universities are the main institutions that provide tertiary education (sometimes known collectively as tertiary institutions). College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Examples of institutions that provide post-secondary education are vocational schools, community colleges and universities in the United States, the TAFEs in Australia, CEGEPs in Quebec,and the IEKs in Greece. A community college is a type of Educational institution. The term has different meanings in different countries A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Technical and Further Education or TAFE (pronounced) institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational tertiary education courses in Australia For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A CEGEP (ˈseɪʒɛp or /ˈsiːʤɛp/ French: Cégep) is a post-secondary education institution exclusive to the province of Quebec in Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk IEK ( Greek: Institouto Epagelmatikis Katartisis; Vocational Educrurdfational Institute is a type of Vocational education school in Greece. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία They are sometimes known collectively as tertiary institutions. Tertiary education generally results in the receipt of certificates, diplomas, or academic degrees. A certificate is an official Document affirming some fact For example a Birth certificate or Death certificate testifies to basic facts regarding A diploma (from Greek δίπλωµα diploma, meaning "folded paper" is a Certificate or Deed issued by an educational institution A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of Higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing

Higher education includes teaching, research and social services activities of universities, and within the realm of teaching, it includes both the undergraduate level (sometimes referred to as tertiary education) and the graduate (or postgraduate) level (sometimes referred to as graduate school). In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage third level and' post-secondary education', is the educational level following the completion of a school providing See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described A graduate school or ("grad school" is a school that awards advanced degrees such as doctoral degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned In the United Kingdom post-secondary education below the level of higher education is referred to as further education. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Further education (often abbreviated "FE" is Post-secondary Education (in addition to that received at Secondary school) that is distinct from Higher education in that country generally involves work towards a degree-level or foundation degree qualification. The Foundation Degree is a Vocational Qualification introduced by the Government of the United Kingdom in September 2001, which is available

In most developed countries a high proportion of the population (up to 50%) now enter higher education at some time in their lives. Higher education is therefore very important to national economies, both as a significant industry in its own right, and as a source of trained and educated personnel for the rest of the economy. An economy is the realized social system of production exchange distribution and consumption of goods and services of a country or other area

There can be disagreement about what precisely constitutes post-secondary or tertiary education: "It is not always clear, though, what tertiary education includes. Is it only that which results in a formal qualification or might it include leisure classes? In the UK, are A-levels tertiary education as they are post-compulsory but taught in school settings as well as colleges? Is professional updating or on-the-job training part of tertiary education, even if it does not follow successful completion of secondary education?"[1]

There are two types of higher education in the UK: higher general education and higher vocational education. Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training (VET also called Career and Technical Education (CTE prepares learners for jobs that are based Higher education in the United States specifically refers to post-secondary institutions that offer associate degrees, baccalaureate degrees, master's degrees or Ph. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and D. degrees or equivalents. Such institutions may offer non-degree certificates which indicate completion of a set of courses comprising some body of knowledge, but the granting of such certificates is not the primary purpose of the institution. Tertiary education is not a term used in reference to post-secondary institutions in the United States. Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage third level and' post-secondary education', is the educational level following the completion of a school providing

Types

General

Main article: University

Higher general education and training generally takes place in a university and/or college. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. Such education is based on theoretical expertise. Higher general education might be contrasted with higher vocational education, which concentrate on both practice and theory. The word theory has many distinct meanings in different fields of Knowledge, depending on their methodologies and the context of discussion. A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees; including Bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees and doctorates in a variety of subjects. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Research is defined as Human activity based on Intellectual application in the investigation of Matter. A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of Higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement However, most professional education is included within higher education, and many postgraduate qualifications are strongly vocationally or professionally oriented, for example in disciplines such as social work, law and medicine. This article is about people called professionals For the Movie, see The Professional or Leon. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of Knowledge which is taught or Researched at the college or university level Social work is a discipline involving the application of Social theory and research methods to study and improve the lives of people groups and societies Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the

In arts and social sciences

Main article: Higher education in arts

Academic areas that may be included in the Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences category include:

In performing arts

Main article: Higher education in performing arts

The performing arts differ from the plastic arts or visual arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some art object. Religious studies, or Religious education, is the academic field of multi-disciplinary Secular study of religious beliefs behaviors and institutions The humanities are academic disciplines which study the Human condition, using methods that are primarily Analytic, Critical, or Speculative The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including Anthropology, Communication studies Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them Education in the performing arts is a key part of many primary and Secondary education curricula and is also available as a specialisation at the tertiary Plastic arts are those Visual arts that involve the use of Materials that can be moulded or modulated in some way often in three dimensions The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily Visual in nature such as Painting, Photography In Fine art, a work of art (or artwork or work) is a creation such as a Song, Book, Film, Video game,

Performing arts include:

In plastic or visual arts

Main article: Higher education in visual arts

The plastic arts or visual arts are a class of art forms, that involve the use of materials that can be moulded or modulated in some way, often in three dimensions. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Circus arts refers to a body of Performing arts featured in derived from or inspired by Circus productions Plastic arts are those Visual arts that involve the use of Materials that can be moulded or modulated in some way often in three dimensions The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily Visual in nature such as Painting, Photography Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual Examples are clay, paint and plaster. Arts that can be said to be Plastic Arts are therefore Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, etc.

The plastic arts may refer to:

Vocational

Main article: Vocational university

Higher vocational education and training takes place at the non-university tertiary level. Fine art is any Art form developed primarily for Aesthetics rather than Utility. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation Ceramics and ceramic art in the art world means artwork made out of clay bodies and fired to form a ceramic. Land Art, Earthworks or Earth Art is an art movement which emerged in America in the late 1960s and early 1970s in which landscape and the work of art Metalworking is craft and practice of working with Metals to create individual parts assemblies or large scale structures Woodworking is the process of building making or carving something using Wood. Glass in the common sense refers to a Hard, Brittle, transparent Solid, such as that used for Windows many A vocational university (professional university or college of higher vocational studies is an institution of Higher education and sometimes Research, which Such education combines teaching of both practical skills and theoretical expertise. Higher education differs from other forms of post-secondary education such as that offered by institutions of vocational education, which are more colloquially known as trade schools. Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training (VET also called Career and Technical Education (CTE prepares learners for jobs that are based ATTENTION *** This article is not "Vocational education in the United States" Higher vocational education might be contrasted with education in a usually broader scientific field, which might concentrate on theory and abstract conceptual knowledge. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding The word theory has many distinct meanings in different fields of Knowledge, depending on their methodologies and the context of discussion. The term "concept" is traced back to 1554–60 ( l conceptum - something conceived but what is today termed "the classical theory of concepts" is the theory of Aristotle A Vocational university is an institution of higher education and sometime research, which grants Professional degrees like Professional Bachelor's degree, Professional Master's degree and Professional doctorates) in a variety of subjects. A vocational university (professional university or college of higher vocational studies is an institution of Higher education and sometimes Research, which Research is defined as Human activity based on Intellectual application in the investigation of Matter. A first professional degree is a type of Academic degree designed to prepare the holder for a particular profession by emphasizing practical skills over theory and analysis

There are vocational universities in Applied sciences and Applied arts

As employers

Universities are fairly large employers. For the song by 311, see Grassroots. Applied science is the application of knowledge from one or more natural scientific Applied art refers to the application of Design and Aesthetics to objects of function and everyday use Depending on the funding, a university typically has a teacher per 3-20 students. According to the ideal of research-university, the university teaching staff is actively involved in the research of the institution. In addition, the university usually also has dedicated research staff and a considerable support staff. Typically to work in higher education as a member of the academic faculty, a candidate must first obtain a doctorate in an academic field, although some lower teaching positions require only master's degree. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had Member of the staff or administration usually have education that is necessary for the fulfilment of their duties. An academic administration is a branch of University or College employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the Depending on the university, the main administration is more or less centralized. Typically most of the administrative staff works in different administrative sections, such as Student Affairs. Student affairs staff are responsible for academic advising and support services delivery at Colleges and Universities in the United States and abroad In addition, there may be central support units, such as a university library which have a dedicated staff. A library is a collection of information sources resources and services and the structure in which it is housed it is organized for use and maintained by a public body an institution

The professional field involving the collection, analysis, and reporting of higher education data is called institutional research. Institutional research is a broad category of work done at colleges and universities to inform campus decision-making and planning in areas such as admissions financial aid curriculum Professionals in this field can be found, in addition to universities, in e. g. state educational departments.

By region

Africa

Asia

Europe

Main article: European Higher Education Area

North America

Oceania

South America

See also

Notes

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References

Higher education in the United States

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higher education

-noun

  1. University education or higher.
  2. Continued education after the point at which attendance of an educational institution is no longer compulsory.
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