A collegium is a French form of schooling that is both a
secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
and a
college.
Information
They are uncommon today. Most collegiums in the United States were built by
Roman Catholic religious institute
A religious institute is a type of institute of consecrated life in the Catholic Church whose members take religious vows and lead a life in community with fellow members. Religious institutes are one of the two types of institutes of consecrate ...
s. One example is the
College of the Immaculate Conception in
New Orleans, established by the
Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1847.
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School types
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