College is an English word that means a higher or secondary educationa
l institution. The same name is given to scientific institutions in Gr
eat Britain, the United States, and certain other countries. As higher
educational institutions, colleges often are part of universities. Af
ter a lengthy interval, colleges and lyceums have finally thrown their
doors wide open to secondary school graduates in Moscow. About thirty
former vocational-technical schools in the capital city have changed
their signs to lyceums and colleges.