Where a course at university may take one, in some measure (2,1,6)
I believe the answer is:
to a degree
'one in some measure' is the definition.
(both can mean to some extent)
'where a course at university may take' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'course' could be 'e' and 'e' is found within the answer.
'take' could be 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take') and 'r' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for to a degree that I've seen before include "Where students are heading" , "though not entirely" , "Where undergraduate is heading" , "where studying at Oxford, say, may lead" , "in part" .)