adult education
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of adult education
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Becerra, 42, is also an employee at Santa Ana College and a board member at the North Orange County Regional Occupation Program, an adult education school based in Anaheim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
The college provides adult education, and after the transfer in February 2020 the council began paying rent of £17,010 a month to the foundation, rising to £29,010 by February 2021.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
In Missouri, the Laclede Literacy Council laid off 16 of 17 staff members after adult education funds were held back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
Under the deals for Norfolk and Suffolk, the two counties would have had a directly elected leader with greater control over building, skills training, adult education and possibly transport.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
After the war Inge Scholl married Otl Aicher, and they founded a school for adult education in the city of Ulm.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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