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teach-out

teach-out noun: a program that lets students continue learning in another place after the closure (or unavailability) of the course or institution where they started (or were supposed to start) learning.

Noun

teach-out (plural teach-outs)

  1. A program that lets students continue learning in another place after the closure (or unavailability) of the course or institution where they started (or were supposed to start) learning.
    • In lieu of or in conjunction with a teach-out, students of closed IHEs may be able to continue their postsecondary education by transferring some or all of the credits earned at the closed IHE to another IHE.2018 February 22, Alexandra Hegji, “The Closure of Institutions of Higher Education: Student Options, Borrower Relief, and Implications”, in Congressional Research Service, archived from the original...
    • Career Education Corporation, or CEC, the Illinois-based company that owns and runs Le Cordon Bleu's US locations, announced in December it would close all 16 of the campuses that share a name with the famous Parisian cooking school. The corporation is allowing a gradual "teach-out" of enrolled...2016 May 16, Amy Crawford, “What happened with Le Cordon Bleu, and what it says about culinary education in America”, in The Boston Globe, retrieved 23 Mar 2026

Forms of teach-out

pluralteach-outs
alternative formteach out

Questions about teach-out

What does teach-out mean?
Teach-out means a program that lets students continue learning in another place after the closure (or unavailability) of the course or institution where they started (or were supposed to start) learning.
What part of speech is teach-out?
Teach-out is a noun.
What is the plural of teach-out?
The plural of teach-out is teach-outs.

Words near teach-out in the dictionary

  1. teach to the test
  2. teach who's boss
  3. teach who's the boss
  4. teach-in
  5. teach-ins
  6. teach-out
  7. teach-outs
  8. teachability
  9. teachable
  10. teachable agent
  11. teachable agents

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