postsecondary
Adjective
Meaning
postsecondary (not comparable)
(education, US and Canada) Of or pertaining to education or educational institutions subsequent to secondary school or high school.
In its revised budget, the government has increased funding for postsecondary education.
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By 2018, an estimated 63 percent of all new U.S. jobs will require workers with an education beyond high school. For our young people to get those jobs, they first need to graduate from high school ready to start a postsecondary education.
Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education.
A postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America.
Activities AAP members publish hardcover and paperback books in every field, educational materials for the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and professional markets, scholarly journals, computer software, and electronic products and services.
Now that postsecondary institutions feel more pressured to incorporate Indigenous teachings in their curricula, in part because of the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this can serve as a promising first step.
From 1971 through to 1973, enrollments in kindergarten, primary, secondary, and postsecondary schools all increased.