curriculum stages
type: Concept
narrower: postsecondary curriculum

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: postsecondary curriculum

postsecondary curriculum
definition: The postsecondary curriculum in the United States refers to the educational and academic courses of study offered by a variety of institutions, anchored by colleges and universities and extending to include community colleges, junior colleges, technical institutes, professional schools of law and medicine, seminaries, and academies. For U.S. colleges and universities and these related institutions at the start of the 21st century, the postsecondary curriculum exhibits a highly standardized structure, format, and lexicon. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Postsecondary Curriculum]
broader: curriculum stages
type: Concept