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community education

British

noun

the provision of a wide range of educational and special interest courses and activities by a local authority

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JPMorgan has been looking to grow deeper roots in the cities and towns where it does business, rolling out specialty branches focused on community education for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Nonprofit organizations and lawyers can provide community education on the limits of expedited removal, the right to a hearing, and the ways individuals can claim asylum or show they’re not subject to expedited removal.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2024

Chris Hoffer, community education director Tilth Alliance, adds, “We’re experiencing a climate crisis. The cost of food is high. Traditional foodways and knowledge are lost when they’re not practiced.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024

UC President Michael Drake recently announced new UC systemwide actions focused on campus safety, civil rights, mental health, community education and employee training.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2023

We are all thus cogs in Nature’s great scheme for community education; let us be intelligent cogs, and help the movement on instead of hindering it.

From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Bostwick, Arthur E.

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