school of arts

British

noun

a public building in a small town, originally one used for adult education

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The university president, Mark Welsh, put the dean of the school of arts and sciences and the head of the English department on leave before resigning himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

“Eventually, we would love to have a nonprofit school of arts and music,” says Amon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

In 2022, a slew of courses within the school of arts closed due to a financial deficit at the university, but "lots of arts courses" were still being taught inside the building, she added.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

The school of arts, which includes art, music and dance, “struggles to hire or retain good faculty and graduate students in the current political climate,” the June report said.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2023

At seventeen young Kipling returned to India, where he secured a position on the Civil and Military Gazette of Lahore, where his father was principal of a large school of arts.

From Modern English Books of Power by Fitch, George Hamlin

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