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... > social science subjects > education > educational systems > educational institutions > further education institutions > colleges
... > social science subjects > education > educational systems > formal education > educational stages > tertiary education > further education > further education institutions > colleges
... > social science subjects > education > educational systems > educational institutions > higher education institutions > colleges
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > instrumental communities > colleges

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colleges  

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  • In North America, the word college commonly refers to an instrumental community devoted to the residentially based education of a defined cohort of young people. In that context, a college is usually either a freestanding tertiary (that is, postsecondary) institution or a residential subset of a larger institution, such as a university or an institute. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Colleges]

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