Actually, in Australia, "College" is used in a few different ways, I think varying by state. Where I went to Uni, college was where you lived. This has been now changed to "residential hall" though it is still referred to colloquially as college.<p>In some states, College means the final two years of school (16-18 yr olds).<p>Since I graduated (3 years ago), my old university has substituted "college" for what used to be called "Faculty." I think previously they still used it as an alternative organizational structure (Faculty of Arts  vs College of Fine Arts). Today it seems that The University is now divided into colleges divided into colleges, divided into faculties &#38; schools divided into departments, more or less.<p>Basically, the term is a moving target down here.<p>Anyway, we know what americans mean because all of that wonderful TV that seems to be the number one Yankie export.<p>What I don't understand is the term "community college," other then the fact that is not as good. I'm not sure we have an equivalent. We have crap Universities, obviously, but it's a scale rather then a different creature altogether.<p>Apart from Universities there are TAFEs. These are pretty much "everything else" from 1 week OHS courses to multi-year diplomas similar to University courses, training for 15 year old apprentices and professional training for every class of profession. They are not bound to any particular format.