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the area and buildings around a university, college, school, etc.
Visitors crowded the campus on graduation day. Rallies were held on university campuses across the country. We walked around the campus on our first day.
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Recent Examples of campuses
Ever since the October 7 massacres in Israel, antisemitism has exploded on college campuses.
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The Editors, National Review, 24 Dec. 2024
There is just one remaining independent art and design school in Northern California, the California College of the Arts, which just completed an expansion that will centralize its campuses in San Francisco’s Design District.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
And if creating new or expanding old campuses remains too expensive, perhaps the state should focus on building the programs and reputations of the Cal State universities.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Protests continued on college campuses until school let out.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
More importantly, the growing outrage over the high rejection rate among California applicants forced UC to cap its out-of-state students at 18% for most of its campuses and attempt to grow its collective student body.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
My husband was accepted to Berkeley but ultimately chose San Francisco State because of its writing program — the system was less hierarchical then, and movement between campuses was more frequent.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Similar environments hostile to Jewish, Arab and Muslim students were reported at University of California campuses at Davis, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz, the department said.
—Orlando Mayorquín, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
In 2023, the National Education Association released a report claiming a mental health crisis on college campuses.
—Eric Wood, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The Editors, National Review, 24 Dec. 2024
There is just one remaining independent art and design school in Northern California, the California College of the Arts, which just completed an expansion that will centralize its campuses in San Francisco’s Design District.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
And if creating new or expanding old campuses remains too expensive, perhaps the state should focus on building the programs and reputations of the Cal State universities.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Protests continued on college campuses until school let out.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
More importantly, the growing outrage over the high rejection rate among California applicants forced UC to cap its out-of-state students at 18% for most of its campuses and attempt to grow its collective student body.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
My husband was accepted to Berkeley but ultimately chose San Francisco State because of its writing program — the system was less hierarchical then, and movement between campuses was more frequent.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Similar environments hostile to Jewish, Arab and Muslim students were reported at University of California campuses at Davis, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz, the department said.
—Orlando Mayorquín, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
In 2023, the National Education Association released a report claiming a mental health crisis on college campuses.
—Eric Wood, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Campuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campuses. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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