junior college
noun
: an educational institution that offers two years of studies corresponding to those in the first two years of a four-year college and that often offers technical, vocational, and liberal studies to the adults of a community
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Other than a two-year stint as an assistant at a junior college in Colorado, McCasland’s entire career has been in Texas.
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
Sierra uprising For decades, Sierra College languished in the shadows of larger, more prominent junior college athletic programs in the greater Sacramento region, including American River College and Sacramento City College.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
The insurance company balked at paying because Calhoun had walked on to play basketball at two junior colleges a few years earlier and played in a handful of games.
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
The total bill can include taxes for counties, cities, school districts, hospitals, junior colleges and water districts.
—Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
Sierra uprising For decades, Sierra College languished in the shadows of larger, more prominent junior college athletic programs in the greater Sacramento region, including American River College and Sacramento City College.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
The insurance company balked at paying because Calhoun had walked on to play basketball at two junior colleges a few years earlier and played in a handful of games.
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
The total bill can include taxes for counties, cities, school districts, hospitals, junior colleges and water districts.
—Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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