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

Word History and Origins

Origin of community college¹

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50

Example Sentences

California nurses’ organizations agree, saying that community colleges and CSU campuses in particular offer a pipeline to nursing jobs for lower-income, first-generation students of color and that these graduates provide culturally sensitive care.

From Los Angeles Times

Eloy Ortiz Oakley, president of College Futures Foundation, which commissioned the study, said that its aim is to help community colleges “better understand how the promise of economic mobility ... is panning out or not.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Assembly bill would authorize community colleges and public schools to close on Diwali.

From Los Angeles Times

The son of an architect who grew up in the well-to-do Chicago suburb of Prospect Heights, Kirk attended a community college near Chicago before dropping out to devote himself to political activism.

From BBC

A state bill that could have established overnight parking programs for homeless students enrolled in California community colleges looks unlikely to pass in the legislative session ending Friday.

From Los Angeles Times