postsecondary
- adjective
- /ˌpoʊstˈsɛkəndˌɛri/
- After graduating high school, he enrolled in a postsecondary program to study engineering.
- postsecondary education
- postsecondary institutions
- postsecondary system
Examples
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There were significant differences between the attitudes of the university and postsecondary respondents in the administrative and curriculum categories.
Academic text (1991) -
The community college system has become one of the primary settings of postsecondary education in this country.
Academic text (1990) -
Students must also possess "soft skills" in order to be successful at the postsecondary level.
Academic text (2008) -
Significantly more mothers have some postsecondary education than have no education beyond high school.
Academic text (1990) -
A century characterized by dramatic changes in the types of postsecondary educational institutions is rapidly coming to an end.
Academic text (1991) -
Career education programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels prepare students with technical knowledge and skills for specific occupations.
Academic text (2011) -
Economic forecasts also reveal the need to increase the number of American workers with postsecondary credentials.
Academic text (2011) -
In some states, these colleges enroll more American Indian students than do other postsecondary institutions.
Academic text (1990) -
The federal government and private foundations for education have established postsecondary credential completion as a national imperative.
Academic text (2011) -
Indeed, the financial and familial obligations of these first-generation students shape their choices about postsecondary education.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
Study at colleges or universities after high school
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Postsecondary comes from the prefix post- meaning 'after' and secondary, as in secondary school, which means 'high school'. So, postsecondary refers to the education you do 'after' 'high school', such as college or university.