intercollegiate
adjective
in·ter·col·le·giate
ˌin-tər-kə-ˈlē-jət 
-jē-ət
: existing, carried on, or participating in activities between colleges
intercollegiate athletics
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On this day in 1906: Seven men at Cornell University founded Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek fraternity for Black students.
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Written with the insight and wit that are the trademarks of John Thelin’s other books on higher education, College Sports offers an authoritative account of the good and the bad that intercollegiate athletics has brought to our institutions of higher education.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Schools can continue to make millions of dollars from intercollegiate athletics without having to share that with student-athletes.
—Cyntrice Thomas, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2024
So the choice was to have or not to have intercollegiate athletics?
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 2 July 2024
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Written with the insight and wit that are the trademarks of John Thelin’s other books on higher education, College Sports offers an authoritative account of the good and the bad that intercollegiate athletics has brought to our institutions of higher education.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Schools can continue to make millions of dollars from intercollegiate athletics without having to share that with student-athletes.
—Cyntrice Thomas, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2024
So the choice was to have or not to have intercollegiate athletics?
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 2 July 2024
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intercollegiate
adjective
in·ter·col·le·giate
ˌint-ər-kə-ˈlē-j(ē-)ət
: existing or carried on between colleges
intercollegiate sports
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