What is College: Definition and 1000 Discussions

A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, or a secondary school.
In most of the world, a college may be a high school or secondary school, a college of further education, a training institution that awards trade qualifications, a higher-education provider that does not have university status (often without its own degree-awarding powers), or a constituent part of a university. In the United States, a college offers undergraduate programs; it may be independent or the undergraduate program of a university, it is generally also used as a synonym for a university while in some instances a college may also be a residential college. A college in francophone countries—France (see secondary education in France), Belgium, and Switzerland—provides secondary education. However, the Collège de France is a prestigious advanced research institute in Paris.

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    Normal mode of an infinite spring pendulum system

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  2. J

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  3. D

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  4. Zbaldridge

    Schools College Algebra And Trig at the same time?

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  5. Miles123K

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  6. J

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  7. Eclair_de_XII

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  8. Smog

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  9. CaptainAmerica17

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  10. S

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  13. R

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  16. T

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  17. G

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  19. M

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  23. L

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  32. J

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  33. G

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  34. M

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  36. X

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  39. R

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  40. N

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  43. V

    How to get into Harvard, MIT or Princeton from India?

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  44. A

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  45. T

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  46. astroman707

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  47. J

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  48. D

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  49. Krunchyman

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  50. B

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