A community college is a type of undergraduate higher education institution, generally leading to an associate degree, certificate, or diploma. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an open enrollment policy for students who have graduated from high school, also known as senior secondary school or upper secondary school. The term usually refers to a higher educational institution that provides workforce education and college transfer academic programs. Some institutions maintain athletic teams and dormitories similar to their university counterparts.
Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California
Los Angeles City College campus in East Hollywood, California, c. 1922
A community college in Johor, Malaysia
The main campus of Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois, established in 1901 as the first community college in the U.S.
Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal. They are most commonly found in Nordic countries and in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The concept originally came from the Danish writer, poet, philosopher, and pastor N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872). Grundtvig was inspired by the Marquis de Condorcet's Report on the General Organization of Public Instruction which was written in 1792 during the French Revolution. The revolution had a direct influence on popular education in France. In the United States, a Danish folk school, called Danebod, was founded in Tyler, Minnesota.
Christian folk high school in Jämsä, Finland
The Grundtvig Folk High School
Volkshochschule Düsseldorf, Germany
Volkshochschule Krems an der Donau, Austria