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

An investment in the amazing but overlooked skilled-workforce provider in your backyard—the local community college—will pay dividends.

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The state’s biggest undocumented group, estimated to be 70,000, are community college students.

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His campaign platform is to build 1 million homes in four years, lower energy costs by ending monopolies, make preschool and community college free and ban corporate contributions to political action committees in California elections.

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That often includes first-generation students or students from rural areas who may not believe they are college material, or might be considering only their local community college.

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The program traces its roots to 1971, when the community college began offering a class in exotic animal studies, expanding to a full-fledged major three years later.

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