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adjective post·sec·ond·ary \ ˌpōst-ˈse-kən-ˌder-ē \

Updated on: 11 Sep 2017

Definition of postsecondary

:of, relating to, or being education following secondary school

postsecondary education

The country has a rich infrastructure of 4,500 public and private postsecondary institutions with a high regard for academic freedom.
—Lee Lawrence

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According to the National Center for Education, of the nearly 20 million students enrolled in postsecondary institutions in the fall of 2015, 55 percent were white, while 14 percent were black and 17 percent were Hispanic.

— emma sarran webster, Teen Vogue, "Affirmative Action: What It Is and How it Works," 14 Aug. 2017
Now Greater Cleveland, which serves more than 27,000 people each year, will use the money to help guide adults through applying for, paying for and completing postsecondary education.

— emily bamforth, cleveland.com, "College Now Greater Cleveland receives $70,000 to fund programs for adults from Westfield Insurance Foundation," 3 Aug. 2017
Researchers noted that college graduates continue to earn more on average than those who don't earn postsecondary degrees.

— wilborn p. nobles iii, NOLA.com, "Do universities educate all, or just the well-off? UNO highlighted in study," 13 July 2017
Out of 17 states that have laid out plans for rating school performance under a new federal law, at least four plan to incorporate the percentage of graduates who enroll in college or another postsecondary option.

— the washington post, OregonLive.com, "No plan, no diploma: Chicago students will have a new graduation requirement," 3 July 2017
Consider: • In a city where just 13 percent of African American male graduates of public high schools receive some sort of postsecondary education, more than 80 percent of Boys’ Latin grads each year enroll in college, mostly four-year schools.

— martha woodall, Philly.com, "David Hardy retires from Boys' Latin with his vision going strong," 24 June 2017
Her program was to offer literacy training, high-school diplomas, postsecondary classes, and more options for prisoners with learning disabilities.

— jim farrin, WSJ, "Hitting the Books Behind Bars," 21 June 2017
But last week, his mother learned that Keith didn't receive an O'Neill Tabani Enrichment Fund postsecondary enrichment grant for adults with Down syndrome to help pay his tuition.

— michelle matthews | mmatthews@al.com, AL.com, "Fund established to help Alabama teen with Down syndrome pay for college," 21 May 2017
The board regulates and evaluates for-profit postsecondary schools and institutions such as Kaplan.

— karen herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Purdue buys Kaplan to create new public university for nontraditional students," 28 Apr. 2017

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