Talk:Associate degree

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On 6 July 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Associate's degree. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Per the information recently added by an IP editor, these appear to be bachelor's-level vocational degrees rather than sub-bachelor's academic qualifications equivalent to associate degrees. This section might therefore fit better in the vocational education article, which does not (currently) have a section on the Czech Republic. Robminchin (talk) 23:00, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This page is currently marked with 'Use Oxford spelling', which seems fairly bizarre. This appears to have been added without discussion in 2018. I would suggest that US English would be more appropriate for what is, primarily, a US degree. What do others think? Robminchin (talk) 23:45, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As nobody opposed this, I've gone ahead and changed it to {{Use American English}}. As far as I could see, this doesn't require any changes to the article. Robminchin (talk) 17:32, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at worldwide searches for "associate's degree" and "associate degree", "associate's degree" is more common by a factor of at least 50x, both in America and the UK. It seems, quite frankly, that the title's spelling is simply antiquated. WriterOfScrolls (talk) 02:53, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just checked Google ngrams [1], and it shows associate degree as being marginally more popular than associate's degree in recent publications and far more popular historically. The Chicago manual of style allows both, but the AP manual only allows associate. As it stands, the evidence is that associate degree remains the most common name. Robminchin (talk) 05:49, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. WriterOfScrolls (talk) 17:22, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]