Post Secondary Education

Post Secondary Education

Multiple Choice

What does "Postsecondary Education" refer to?

• Any education you get after high school.

• Any education you receive outside the education system.

• The informal education you receive from mentors.

• Your high school education.

Multiple Choice

Community colleges offer a wide range of programs that lead to associate's degrees, diplomas, or certificates.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

An associate's degree is a degree that takes two years to complete.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Diplomas and certificates take fewer than two years to earn and are awarded to indicate that a student has acquired a specific skill set.

• True

• False

Advantages of Community Colleges

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  They are less expensive than four-year colleges and universities.

   

• Many have open admissions. This means that they place less emphasis on high school grades than four-year colleges do.

  
  

• They offer a wide range of programs that qualify individuals for jobs requiring diplomas, certificates, associate's degrees, or some college

• . Students have the option to transfer to a four-year college/university once they've completed their associate's degrees.

Multiple Choice

Four-year colleges/universities offer undergraduate programs. After completing these programs, students earn a bachelor's degree.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

To complete a bachelor's degree, a student must satisfy general education requirements along with the requirements for a major of one's choosing.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Advantages of Four-Year Colleges/ Universities

• They offer a huge amount of resources to students. These resources include everything from state-of-the-art laboratory equipment to millions of books, journals, and other periodicals.

• They offer a wide range of programs in many different subject areas.

• Bachelor's degrees qualify individuals for jobs that require college degrees.

• Bachelor's degrees qualify individuals to pursue master's or doctoral degrees.

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Trade, vocational, and technical schools provide students with the specific training and skills they need for a particular profession.

• True

• False

Advantages of Trade/Vocational/Technical School

• They are less expensive than colleges/ universities.

• They offer degrees, certificates, and diplomas that take less time to earn than bachelor's degrees.

• They provide students with a practical education that applies directly to jobs of their choosing.

   

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For students that are interested in careers in design or the fine, performing, and culinary arts, these types of schools are ideal.

• Apprenticeships

• Art/ Design/ Culinary School

• Graduate/ Professional School

Advantages of Art/ Design/Culinary School

• Students who are very passionate about design or the fine, performing, and culinary arts can pursue an advanced course of study.

• There are many different types of art, design, and culinary schools, so students can choose a program that best matches their interests.

   

Multiple Choice

Are training programs through companies that allow students to complete a course of study and receive the hands-on experience they need for a particular profession or trade.

• Trade School

• Community College

• Apprenticeships

Advantages of Apprenticeships

• Students are paid to be apprentices.

• Students get the training and education they need for trades or professions they're interested in.

• Students could receive college credit that they can use towards an associate's or bachelor's degree while being an apprentice.

Poll

Which of the post secondary programs you will most likely to attend?

• Community Colleges

• Four-Year Colleges/Universities

• Trade/ Vocational/ Technical School

• Art/ Design/ Culinary School

• Apprenticeships