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Vocational is a broad term relating to employment or a specific occupation. Though vocational at times is associated with remedial education or stigmatized as being for people deemed less intelligent, such classes could be offered at the high school, community college, or four-year college level, as well as particular trade schools. When discussing vocational education, it’s important to remember that it is not intrinsically inferior to a more “traditional” four-year undergraduate education.

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Vocational is a broad term relating to employment or a specific occupation. When discussing vocational education, it’s important to remember that it is not intrinsically inferior to a more “traditional” four-year undergraduate education.