college

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

col·lege [college colleges] BrE [ˈkɒlɪdʒ] NAmE [ˈkɑːlɪdʒ] noun
1. countable, uncountable (often in names)(in Britain) a place where students go to study or to receive training after they have left school
•a college of further education (= providing education and training for people over 16)
•a secretarial college
•the Royal College of Art
•a college course/library/student
• She's at college.
see also ↑community college (¹), ↑sixth-form college
2. countable, uncountable (often in names)(in the US) a university where students can study for a degree after they have left school
•Carleton College
•a college campus/student
•a private college
• He got interested in politics when he was in college.
• She's away at college in California.
•He's hoping to go to college next year.
see also ↑community college (²)
3. countable, uncountable (CanE)a place where you can study for higher or more specialist qualifications after you finish high school
4. countable, uncountable one of the separate institutions that some British universities, such as Oxford and Cambridge, are divided into
•King's College, Cambridge
•a tour of Oxford colleges
•Most students live in college.
5. (in the US) one of the main divisions of some large universities
•The history department is part of the College of Arts and Sciences.
6. countable + singular or plural verb the teachers and/or students of a college
7. countable (especially in names, in Britain and some other countries)a ↑secondary school, especially one where you must pay
•Eton College
8. countable (usually in names)an organized group of professional people with special interests, duties or powers
•the Royal College of Physicians
•the American College of Cardiology
see also ↑electoral college

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin collegium ‘partnership’, from collega ‘partner in office’, from col- ‘together with’ + legare ‘depute’.

Culture:
further education
Further education in Britain means education after ↑GCSE exams taken around the age of 16. It includes courses of study leading to ↑A levels which students take at their school or sixth-form college. Some students go straight to a ↑college of further education which offers a wider range of full- and part-time courses. Further education also includes training for professional qualifications in nursing, accountancy and management, and in fields such as art and music. The term higher education is used in Britain and the US to refer to degree courses at universities.
In the US further education usually means any other education after secondary school. It can mean study at college, or any study towards a professional qualification, and it can have a meaning similar to that of ↑adult education or continuing education, i.e. something that people do after completing their main education, often for personal interest and satisfaction.
Many students in Britain take vocational training courses in fields such as building, engineering, hairdressing or secretarial skills. Colleges of further education offer courses leading to ↑NVQs and other certificates and diplomas. Work-related courses are designed with advice from industry, with the aim of producing students who will have the skills employers require. On longer courses students may do placements (AmE internships) (= periods of work) lasting several months with companies. On other courses, called sandwich courses, students divide their time between periods of paid work and periods of study. A common arrangement is for students to get day release from their work to attend college one or two days a week over several years. Some students do a formal apprenticeship, learning their skills on the job and attending college part-time.
The British government is keen to persuade more young people to remain in education as long as possible in order to build up a more highly skilled, better educated workforce.

Thesaurus:
college noun C, U
•He's hoping to go to college next year.
university • • academy • • seminary • • school •
at/in college/university/school
go to/attend college/university/an academy/a seminary/school
graduate from a/an college/university/academy/seminary/high school
College or university? College is used in British and American English to describe a place where you do further study after leaving school. In British English the usual word for an institution where you study for a degree is university; in American English the word to talk about studying at a university is college
• (BrE) She's at university.
• (AmE) She's in college.
Some British universities, such as Oxford and Cambridge, are divided into colleges
•Emmanuel College, Cambridge


British/American:
college / university
In both BrE and NAmE a college is a place where you can go to study after you leave secondary school. In Britain you can go to a college to study or to receive training in a particular skill. In the US you can study for your first degree at a college. A university offers more advanced degrees in addition to first degrees.
In NAmE college is often used to mean a university, especially when talking about people who are studying for their first degree. The is not used when you are talking about someone studying there: ▪ My son has gone away to college. ◇ ‘ ▪ Where did you go to college? ’ ‘ ▪ Ohio State University.’
In BrE you can say: ▪ My daughter is at university. In NAmE you cannot use university or college in this way. You use it with a or the to mean a particular university or college: ▪ I didn’t want to go to a large university.

Collocations:
Education
Learning
acquire/get/lack (an) education/training/(BrE) (some) qualifications
receive/provide sb with training/tuition
develop/design/plan a curriculum/(especially BrE) course/(NAmE) program/syllabus
give/go to/attend a class/lesson/lecture/seminar
hold/run/conduct a class/seminar/workshop
sign up for/take a course/classes/lessons
School
go to/start preschool/kindergarten/nursery school
be in the first, second, etc. (NAmE) grade/(especially BrE) year (at school)
study/take/drop history/chemistry/German, etc.
(BrE) leave/finish/drop out of/ (NAmE) quit school
(NAmE) graduate high school/college
Problems at school
be the victim/target of bullying
(BrE) play truant from/ (both BrE, informal) bunk off/skive off school (= not go to school when you should)
(both especially NAmE) skip/cut class/school
(BrE) cheat in/(NAmE) cheat on an exam/a test
get/be given a detention (for doing sth)
be expelled from/be suspended from school
Work and exams
do your homework/(BrE) revision/a project on sth
work on/write/do/submit an essay/a dissertation/a thesis/an assignment/(NAmE) a paper
finish/complete your dissertation/thesis/studies/coursework
hand in/ (NAmE) turn in your homework/essay/assignment/paper
study/prepare/ (BrE) revise/ (NAmE) review/ (NAmE, informal) cram for a test/an exam
take/ (both BrE) do/sit a test/an exam
(especially BrE) mark/ (especially NAmE) grade homework/a test
(BrE) do well in/ (NAmE) do well on/ (informal, especially NAmE) ace a test/an exam
pass/fail/ (informal, especially NAmE) flunk a test/an exam/a class/a course/a subject
University
apply to/get into/go to/start college/(BrE) university
leave/graduate from law school/college/(BrE) university (with a degree in computer science)
study for/take/ (BrE) do/complete a law degree/a degree in physics
(both NAmE) major/minor in biology/philosophy
earn/receive/be awarded/get/have/hold a master's degree/a bachelor's degree/a PhD in economics

Example Bank:
•I got interested in politics when I was at college.
•Not all the lecturers are in college at any one time.
•She's at college in Swindon.
•The college graduated 50 students last year.
•The college runs a course for would-be arts administrators.
•a college of education
•college graduation exercises
•the college staff= all the people who work there apart from those who teach
•the college staff= all the people who work there
•A college of cardinals will choose the next pope.
•New guidelines have been released by the Royal College of Surgeons.
•The whole college was shocked to hear the news.
•When I left school I went to secretarial college.