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community college

noun

  1. a nonresidential junior college established to serve a specific community and typically supported in part by local government funds.



community college

noun

  1. another term for village college

  2. a nonresidential college offering two-year courses of study

  3. an adult education college with trade classes

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of community college1

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50
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The 21-year-old worked six days a week to pay for four nights a week at a community college.

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The state’s biggest undocumented student group among adults, estimated to be at least 70,000 and as high as 100,000, is enrolled at community colleges.

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That includes five of University of California’s nine undergraduate campuses, all but one of California State University’s 22 campuses, and the majority of the state’s community colleges.

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“Sometimes I would, you know, take off from teaching community college and get Ryan to substitute for me. It was totally illegal.”

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That’s only a “very, very small percentage” of total aid that’s disbursed at California’s community colleges, according to officials from the chancellor’s office.

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