Secretary of Education
Education Secretary | the position of the head of the Education Department, the post of Education Secretary was created in |
| Secretary of Health Education and Welfare | head of a former executive department created in and divided into two departments in |
| education | the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) |
education
instruction teaching pedagogy didactics
educational activity | the activities of educating or instructing, activities that impart knowledge or skill, he received no formal education, our instruction was carefully programmed, good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded |
| continuing education | a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time |
| adult education | a course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study |
| elementary education | education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school |
extension
extension service
university extension | an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students |
| higher education | education provided by a college or university |
| secondary education | education beyond the elementary grades, provided by a high school or college preparatory school |
cooperative
co-op | a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners |
Brown University
Brown | a university in Rhode Island |
Cambridge University
Cambridge | a university in England |
| Carnegie Mellon University | an engineering university in Pittsburgh |
| city university | an urban university in a large city |
Columbia University
Columbia | a university in New York City |
| Cornell University | a university in Ithaca, New York |
| Duke University | a university in Durham, North Carolina |
Harvard University
Harvard | a university in Massachusetts |
| Ohio State University | a university in Columbus, Ohio |
Oxford University
Oxford | a university in England |
Paris University
University of Paris
Sorbonne | a university in Paris, intellectual center of France |
Princeton University
Princeton | a university in New Jersey |
| redbrick university | (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding, distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University |
Stanford University
Stanford | a university in California |
| university | establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching |
| University of California at Berkeley | a university in Berkeley, California |
| University of Chicago | a university in Chicago, Illinois |
| University of Michigan | a university in Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| University of Nebraska | a university in Lincoln, Nebraska |
| University of North Carolina | a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Penn | a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| University of Pittsburgh | a university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
University of Sussex
Sussex University | a red-brick university in Brighton, England |
| University of Texas | a university in Austin, Texas |
| University of Vermont | a university in Burlington, Vermont |
| University of Washington | a university in Seattle, Washington |
| University of West Virginia | a university in Morgantown, West Virginia |
| University of Wisconsin | a university in Madison, Wisconsin |
Yale University
Yale | a university in Connecticut |
education training
breeding | the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior), a woman of breeding and refinement |
| education | the gradual process of acquiring knowledge, education is a preparation for life, a girl's education was less important than a boy's |
| physical education | training in the development of and care for the human body, stresses athletics, includes hygiene |
self-education
selfultivation | the process of educating yourself |
| special education | education of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroom |
vocational training
vocational education | training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade |
| education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction, it was clear that he had a very broad education |
Master of Education
MEd | a master's degree in education |
Doctor of Education
EdD
DEd | a doctor's degree in education |
Department of Education
Education Department
Education | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students), created |