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Institution that offers postsecondary education.
The term has various meanings. In Roman law a collegium was a body of persons associated for a common function. The name was used by many medieval institutions, including guild s. In most collegium meant an endowed residence hall for university students. The colleges kept libraries and scientific instruments and offered salaries to tutors who could prepare students to be examined for degree s. Eventually few students lived outside colleges, and college teaching eclipsed university teaching. In England, secondary schools (e.g., Winchester and Eton ) are sometimes called colleges. Canada also has collegiate schools. In the U.S., college may refer to a four-year institution of higher education offering a bachelor's degree, or to a two-year junior or community college with a program leading to the associate's degree. A four-year college usually emphasizes a liberal arts or general education rather than specialized technical or vocational preparation. The four-year college may be an independent private institution or an undergraduate division of a university.
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Amherst College
Bard College
Bowdoin College
Bryn Mawr College
Carleton College
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Trinity College
electoral college
Eton College
Haverford College
junior college
community college
Land Grant College Act of 1862
Middlebury College
Morehouse College
Mount Holyoke College
Oberlin College
Smith College
Spelman College
Swarthmore College
Vassar College
Wellesley College
William and Mary College of
Williams College
Dartmouth College case
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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