educational institutions

Places of study

Educational institutions are organizations devoted to formal learning—schools, colleges, universities, and academies.

The phrase appears most often in official, legal, or policy contexts: Educational institutions must comply with federal accessibility requirements.

In casual speech, people usually just say schools.

Related

community colleges · seminary · conservatory · medical school · graduate school · research institute · college · matriculation · headmaster · liberal arts college · charter school · vocational training · preparatory school · magnet school · student · chalkboard · school bus · accreditation

Categories
Opposites
formal vs. informal learning

educational institutionsautodidacticism

Practice of self-instruction

self-education · self-teaching · self-directed learning · school of hard knocks · unschooling

institutional purpose

educational institutionsprisons

Detention facilities for criminals

correctional facilities · penal institutions · detention centers · reform schools · labor camps

knowledge environment

educational institutionsignorance

Absence of knowledge

anti-intellectualism · obscurantism · book burning · re-education camps · dumbing down

Family

education, educate, educated, institution, educator, educational, educating, educates, institutional

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G