Talk:Tertiary education

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[edit] Attainment

I have seen some inaccurate information on worldwide educational attainment at the tertiary level (the figure in circulation appears to be that 1% of adults worldwide have a college degree -- a figure which is far too low). For those interested in doing research on the subject, reliable data on attainment from 2000, plus historical data, is available at http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/File/about/director/pubs/042.pdf --76.105.254.12 (talk) 15:05, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction

In the UK, tertiary education refers to the study equivilent to Advanced or Advanced subsidiary Level (i.e. college). University study upto undergraduate level is quaternary. A Quaternary education in the UK, therefore is postgraduate study. In the UK, studying for a doctoral qualification is considered a job, as is postdoctoral work.

This section appears to contradict itself. Is undergrad study considered tertiary or quaternary? (I always thought it was tertiary myself...) ::Supergolden:: 19:32, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

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This is all a bit embarrassing; an article on tertiary education is poorly written and inaccurate. For terminology, see Talk:Postgraduate education, where it's pointed out (with evidence) that this use of "tertiary"/"quaternary" is peculiar and rare (at best).The standard usage in the U.K. is that "tertiary" refers to "post-secondary", and that this is divided into non-degree (usually vocational) education, undergraduate education, and postgraduate or graduate education. I'm not an expert on the rest of the world's educational systems, but the term "quaternary education" is extremely rare in general, and when it is used seems to refer to some very specific approach to part of postgraduate education. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:58, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

For uses of "tertiary education" to mean all education past secondary – Colleges of F.E., undergraduate courses, graduate courses, etc. – see Australia, Mauritius, new Zealand, Trinidad & Tobago, the [1], theWorld Bank, and this journal). --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)