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higher education, Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. They also include teacher-training schools, community colleges, and institutes of technology. At the end of a prescribed course of study, a degree, diploma, or certificate is awarded. See also continuing education.

United States Military Academy Summary

United States Military Academy, institution of higher education for the training of commissioned officers for the United States Army. It was originally founded as a school for the U.S. Corps of Engineers with a class of 5 officers and 10 cadets on March 16, 1802. It is one of the oldest service

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Summary

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT), American education research and policy centre, established (1905) in New York, New York, as the Carnegie Foundation with a $10 million gift by the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. In 1906, under the leadership of its first president,

Émile Durkheim Summary

Émile Durkheim was a French social scientist who developed a vigorous methodology combining empirical research with sociological theory. He is widely regarded as the founder of the French school of sociology. Durkheim was born into a Jewish family of very modest means, and it was taken for granted

William Cullen Summary

William Cullen was a Scottish physician and professor of medicine, best known for his innovative teaching methods. Cullen received his early education at Hamilton Grammar School, in the town where he was born and where his father, a lawyer, was employed by the duke of Hamilton. In 1726 Cullen went