US equivalent of "kolledzh" (educ.term., cont.)
Prof Steven P Hill
s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU
Tue May 15 06:37:22 UTC 2007
Dear colleagues:
Sounds as if the experts are telling us that the new post-Soviet term
"kolledzh" may be an approximate equivalent of the U.S. "community
college" (in some places still called "junior college"). I.e., a school
which can be entered after secondary school, and which offers only
the first 2 years of higher education ("freshman" & "sophomore"
years only). The completion of those two years of instruction is
certified by an "associate's degree."
In US "community colleges," some students study "hands-on" type
technical subjects, and some go on to technical jobs after the two
years of study. In the sports-obsessed USA, "community colleges"
are frequently the first stop in higher education for those star
athletes who in secondary school received poor grades, insufficient
to earn admission to major, full-fledged "4-year" universities.
Using their 2 years in a less-demanding community college to
redeem their previous poor grades, the sports stars are then
eligible to transfer to a major, full-fledged university, where
they hope to excell on the football field or basketball court
during their last two ("junior & senior") years of higher
education...
Best wishes to all,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois.
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Date: Tue 15 May 00:39:29 CDT 2007
From: <LISTSERV at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Subject: Re: GETPOST SEELANGS
To: "Steven P. Hill" <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 08:25:26 -0500
From: Alina Makin <resco at UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Educational terminology
Kolledzh is a vocational school or a two-year college that
grants associate degrees.
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Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:28:25 +0400
From: Pavel Lyssakov <Lyssakov at EU.SPB.RU>
Subject: Re: Educational terminology
Well, two year vocational school is more like the former PTU
(professional'no tekhnicheskoe uchilishche)
College is a post-Soviet official term for what used to be called
"tekhnikum"
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