<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 at 07:14, Joseph Eisenberg <<a href="mailto:joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com">joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">That's a good point. I was thinking of "music schools" for adults,<br>
which are often associated with universities or an alternative to<br>
college,<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You've just highlighted a difference between US and British English.  In British English,</div><div>college is not a synonym for university.  Both are establishments for further education,</div><div>that is optional education above and beyond that provided statutorily.  Universities offer</div><div>bachelor and higher degrees; colleges offer certificates/diplomas.</div><div><br></div><div>Complication 1: universities may also offer certificates/diplomas.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Complication 2: some colleges offer degree-level courses in partnership with</div><div>universities.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Complication 3: Statutory education in the UK ends at 16, with optional education</div><div>available for free to those who want it, from 16-18.  In the past, those from 11-18 were</div><div>taught at a secondary school (high school in the US), but these days establishments</div><div>that deal with only 16-18 years old (traditionally referred to as "sixth form") called</div><div>"sixth form colleges."  Colleges because they handle further education beyond</div><div>the statutory education.</div><div><br></div><div>Complication 4: Oxford and Cambridge universities have a collegiate system.  Each</div><div>college is an autonomous, self-governing corporation within the university, being both</div><div>a house of residence (equivalent to a US fraternity) but also perform some teaching.</div><div>The University of London is comprised of several colleges, too.  These situations</div><div>arose from the respective universities being formed by amalgamation.<br></div><div><br></div><div>For the main differences between colleges and universities, see</div><div><a href="https://usic.sheffield.ac.uk/blog/categories/study-experience/the-difference-between-university-and-college-in-the-uk">https://usic.sheffield.ac.uk/blog/categories/study-experience/the-difference-between-university-and-college-in-the-uk</a></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>