collegiate

Of higher education

Collegiate means relating to a college or its students: collegiate athletics, collegiate life.

The word often describes the particular culture of undergraduate education—sports rivalries, campus traditions, social organizations.

A collegiate atmosphere suggests youthful energy and academic community.

Collegiate can also describe institutions organized like a college, with shared governance among members.

social

fraternity

Spirit of brotherly connection

brotherhood · sisterhood · hazing · mixer · formal · chapter · rush · dormitory · roommate · coed

academic

university

Higher education institution

syllabus · thesis · dissertation · seminar · lecture · research · scholarship · tuition · major · minor

student-life

freshman

First-year student

undergraduate · semester · dorm · cafeteria · quad · campus · extracurricular · internship · textbook · all-nighter

athletic

varsity

Primary school squad

tournament · team · coach · stadium · rivalry · mascot · NCAA · division · playoffs · sportsmanship

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educational level

collegiateelementary

Of first principles

secondary · high school · grade school · kindergarten · preparatory

academic vs non-academic

collegiatenonacademic

Not related to studies

vocational · trade · uneducated · unschooled · unscholarly

institutional structure

collegiatehierarchical

Organized by rank

autocratic · top-down · dictatorial · authoritarian · unilateral

Phrases
Family

collegial, collegian, collegiality, collegians, collegially, collegiates

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