Editing Tertiary education (section)

==Providers==
[[File:Columbia University, NYC (June 2014) - 09.JPG|thumb|[[Alma Mater (New York sculpture)|''Alma Mater'']] by [[Daniel Chester French]], [[Columbia University]]. The [[alma mater]], meaning "nourishing mother" in Latin, is one of the most enduring symbols of the university. The phrase was first used to describe the [[University of Bologna]], [[Italy]], founded in 1088.]]
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In the U.S., higher education is provided by [[University|universities]], [[Academy|academies]], [[college]]s, [[seminary|seminaries]], [[school of music|conservatories]], and [[institute of technology|institutes of technology]], and certain college-level institutions, including [[vocational school]]s, universities of applied sciences, trade schools, and other career-based colleges that award degrees. Tertiary education at a nondegree level is sometimes referred to as [[further education]] or [[continuing education]] as distinct from higher education.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 April 2021 |title=The Difference Between Continuing Education and Professional Development |url=https://www.columbiasouthern.edu/blog/april-2021/continuing-education-and-professional-development/ |access-date=17 October 2021 |website=[[Columbia Southern University]] |archive-date=17 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017101746/https://www.columbiasouthern.edu/blog/april-2021/continuing-education-and-professional-development/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2019 |title=6 Reasons Why Continuing Education Is Important |url=https://www.wgu.edu/blog/6-reasons-continuing-education-important1904.html |access-date=17 October 2021 |publisher=Western Governors University |language=en |archive-date=17 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017101745/https://www.wgu.edu/blog/6-reasons-continuing-education-important1904.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Higher education includes teaching, research, exacting applied work, as exists in [[medical school]]s and [[dental school]]s, and social services activities of universities.<ref>Pucciarelli F., Kaplan Andreas M. (2016) [http://iranarze.ir/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/E2555.pdf Competition and Strategy in Higher Education: Managing Complexity and Uncertainty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110183417/http://iranarze.ir/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/E2555.pdf |date=2019-01-10 }}, Business Horizons, Volume 59</ref>

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Within the realm of teaching, it includes both the ''[[undergraduate education|undergraduate]]'' level, and beyond that, ''[[Postgraduate education|graduate-level]]'' (or ''postgraduate'' level). The latter level of education is often referred to as [[graduate school]], especially in North America. In addition to the skills that are specific to any particular degree, potential employers in any profession are looking for evidence of [[critical thinking]] and analytical reasoning skills, [[teamwork]]ing skills, [[information literacy]], [[Ethics|ethical]] judgment, [[decision-making]] skills, fluency in speaking and writing, [[problem solving]] skills, and a wide knowledge of liberal arts and sciences.<ref>{{cite press release | last=Jenkins | first=Anne | date=20 January 2015 | title=Employers Judge Recent Graduates Ill-Prepared for Today's Workplace, Endorse Broad and Project-Based Learning as Best Preparation for Career Opportunity and Long-Term Success | url=http://www.aacu.org/press/press-releases/2015employerstudentsurveys|location=Washington, DC|publisher=[[Association of American Colleges and Universities]] | access-date=11 April 2017 | archive-date=12 April 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412064049/http://www.aacu.org/press/press-releases/2015employerstudentsurveys | url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Credential evaluation===
Foreign tertiary degrees can be [[validation of foreign studies and degrees|validated]] after [[credential evaluation]], for example according to the [[Lisbon Recognition Convention]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lisbon Recognition Convention |url=https://www.coe.int/t/dg4/highereducation/recognition/lrc_EN.asp |website=coe.int |access-date=28 May 2019 |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528140655/https://www.coe.int/t/dg4/highereducation/recognition/lrc_EN.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>
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File:Bologna-vista02.jpg|[[University of Bologna]], located in [[Bologna]], Italy, is the oldest ''university'' created under that name in the world.<ref>[https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats Top Universities] ''World University Rankings'' Retrieved 2010-1-6</ref><ref>[http://www.eng.unibo.it/PortaleEn/University/Our+History/default.htm Our History] - Università di Bologna</ref><ref name=":0"/>
File:Templo y Ex Convento, Santiago Tlatelolco.jpg|[[Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco]], located in [[Mexico City]], Mexico, was the first and oldest European school of higher learning in the [[Americas]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101392426|title=The first college in America: Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco.|location=Washington DC|year=1936|author1=Steck|author2=Francis Borgia}}</ref> and the first and oldest major school of interpreters and translators in the [[New World]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.openedition.org/uop/336?lang=es|title=The Imperial College of Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco|author=Lourdes Arencibia Rodriguez}}</ref>
File:College Hall U Penn.JPG|The [[University of Pennsylvania]] considers itself the first institution in the [[United States of America]] to use the term "university" in its name.
File:KingsCollegeChapelWest.jpg|The [[University of Cambridge]] is an institution of higher learning in [[Cambridge]], United Kingdom.
File:McGill University Arts Building2.JPG|[[McGill University]] is an institution of higher learning in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada and one of two Canadian members of the [[Association of American Universities]].
File:Moskva MGU 3.jpg|The [[Moscow State University]] is an institution of higher learning in [[Moscow]], Russia.
File:Tsinghua University - Grand auditorium.JPG|The [[Jeffersonian architecture]] of [[Tsinghua University]], an institution of higher learning in [[Beijing]], China.
File:University of Tokyo - Gogetsusai 2010.JPG|The [[University of Tokyo]] is an institution of higher learning in [[Tokyo]], Japan.
File:Faculdade de Direito da USP 01.jpg|The [[University of São Paulo]] is an institution of higher learning in [[São Paulo]], Brazil.
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