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vocational education
(Encyclopedia) vocational education, training designed to advance individuals' general proficiency, especially in relation to their present or future occupations. The term does not normally include…manual training
(Encyclopedia) manual training: see vocational education.night school
(Encyclopedia) night school: see vocational education.evening schools
(Encyclopedia) evening schools: see vocational education.continuation school
(Encyclopedia) continuation school: see vocational education.workers' education
(Encyclopedia) workers' education: see vocational education.Illinois, University of
(Encyclopedia) Illinois, University of, main campus at Urbana-Champaign; land-grant with state and federal support; coeducational; chartered 1867, opened 1868 as Illinois Industrial Univ., renamed…apprenticeship
(Encyclopedia) apprenticeship, system of learning a craft or trade from one who is engaged in it and of paying for the instruction by a given number of years of work. The practice was known in…home economics
(Encyclopedia) home economics, study of homemaking and the relation of the home to the community. Formerly limited to problems of food (nutrition and cookery), clothing, sewing, textiles, household…adult education
(Encyclopedia) adult education, extension of educational opportunities to those adults beyond the age of general public education who feel a need for further training of any sort, also known as…