Tertiary Education
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A Tertiary Education is an education level that follows Secondary Education.
- AKA: Third Stage Education, Third-level Education, Post-Secondary Education.
- Context:
- It can result in a Diploma.
- It can range from being a Vocational Education to being a Higher Education ([Undergraduate Education]], Postgraduate Education).
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Middle-Skill Job, High-Skill Job, Continuing Education, Academic Certificate, Academic Degree.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tertiary_education Retrieved:2014-11-13.
- 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 a secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including universities as well as institutions that teach specific capacities of higher learning such as colleges, technical training institutes, community colleges, nursing schools, research laboratories, centers of excellence, and distance learning centers. Higher education is taken to include undergraduate and postgraduate education, while vocational education and training beyond secondary education is known as further education in the United Kingdom, or continuing education in the United States.
Tertiary education generally culminates in the receipt of certificates, diplomas, or academic degrees.
- 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 a secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including universities as well as institutions that teach specific capacities of higher learning such as colleges, technical training institutes, community colleges, nursing schools, research laboratories, centers of excellence, and distance learning centers. Higher education is taken to include undergraduate and postgraduate education, while vocational education and training beyond secondary education is known as further education in the United Kingdom, or continuing education in the United States.