civic university

noun

1. (in Britain) a university originally instituted as a higher education college serving a particular city

Example Sentences

This past fall, I had the privilege of being chosen to participate in the Civic Saturday Fellowship, a program of Civic University.

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"I am confident that the leadership and wider university team will continue their work in this regard to grow Ulster's position as a civic university."

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A report last week from the UPP Foundation's civic university commission showed universities' pivotal place in regional economies.

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What’s fascinating is to watch this whole community, with a lot of deliberate effort on the parts of a very bipartisan and cross-functional group of government, civic, university and nonprofit and business leaders, come together and say, “O.K., we have got to figure this out.”

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