teachers college

noun

1. a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.

Word History and Origins

Origin of teachers college¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Three were student activists from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers College of Ayotzinapa.

From The Daily Beast

In 1930 the educational experts at Teachers College of Columbia University condemned “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

From The Daily Beast

The principal is a Teachers College man and one of the most influential educators in China.

From Project Gutenberg

Tho having its roots in these, the teachers college proper differs from the most of them in several ways.

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We saw a teachers college which one with the prophets vision had planted in the desert.

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All the courses in Teachers College are open to men and women.

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Teachers College of Columbia University is on a graduate basis.

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