Concept information
Preferred term
higher education
Definition
- Higher education refers to education of undergraduate degree level or above that is generally, but not exclusively, undertaken within universities. It also encompasses the broader set of activities of universities including research and enterprise. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Higher Education]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- graduate medical education
- graduate school
- higher technical education
- postdoctoral education
- postgraduate certificate in education
- postgraduate dental education
- postgraduate education
- postgraduate medical education
- postgraduate training
- postsecondary education
- trans-national education
- undergraduate education
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/higher_education
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