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teachers college

American  

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.


Etymology

Origin of teachers college

First recorded in 1905–10


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“The pandemic taught us two things: One is people want flexibility, and the other is people don’t want to be isolated,” said Carole Basile, dean of ASU’s teachers college, who helped design the teaching model.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

Her Courtwatch PG team includes retired lawyers, teachers, college students, law school students, former college professors with PhDs, community organizers and the Grammy-winning musician Fiona Apple.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

He decided to follow his father into music education, studying for two years at a teachers college; in 1982, he received a bachelor’s degree in music education at the National Academy of Music in Ghana.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

Of the 16,201 people arrested between 2012 and 2017 for making illegal recordings, 98% were men, including school teachers, college professors, church pastors and police officers.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2018

The choice here is often up to you, which is why we read things like citizens’ group and citizens group, teachers’ college and teachers college, veterans’ affairs and veterans affairs.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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