vocational schools

Job skill academies

Vocational schools are educational institutions that train students for specific trades or occupations rather than providing general academic education.

They prepare students for careers in fields like plumbing, welding, automotive repair, cosmetology, or healthcare.

Also called trade schools or technical schools: She enrolled in a vocational school to become an electrician.

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educational philosophy

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Schools prioritizing broad intellectual cultivation

liberal arts education · research universities · classical education · liberal education · general education

academic prestige/selectivity

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Highly selective higher education

Oxford · Cambridge · Harvard · finishing schools

learning modality

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Rooms for academic addresses

book learning

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