Colleges

Colleges

The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of colleagues (see for example electoral college, College of Arms). Originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, "together" + leg-, "law"); as a consequence members of colleges were originally styled "fellows" and still are in some places. The precise usage of the term varies among English-speaking countries.