To complete the delivery of a programme or course of study that is being discontinued, allowing current students to finish.
To finish teaching a course that is going to be closed, so that the students who already started can still complete it.
One main meaning — here's how to use it.
To continue delivering a course or academic programme until all enrolled students have completed it, even though no new students are being admitted.
"The university agreed to teach out the nursing programme so that second-year students could graduate."
To teach a programme all the way out to its conclusion.
To finish teaching a course that is going to be closed, so that the students who already started can still complete it.
An institutional and academic term used by universities, colleges, and professional training bodies when a programme is being discontinued but existing students need to be allowed to finish. Also seen as a compound noun: 'teach-out plan.'
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