Definition of Junior college

1. Noun. A college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree.

Generic synonyms: College
Specialized synonyms: Community College, Normal School, Teachers College

Definition of Junior college

1. Noun. An institution of higher education that awards the associate's degree but not bachelor's degree or higher. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Junior College

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Literary usage of Junior college

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Phi Delta Kappan by Phi Delta Kappa (1912)
"In only seven (7) states were students forced to go to junior college rather ... Even in these seven states, 72.08% of those junior college graduates who ..."

2. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education by National Society for the Study of Education (1916)
"THE junior collegeS Already the junior college seems to be in a stage of ... The following cities have either adopted the junior college or have it under ..."

3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1920)
"6 The Claims of the New Type junior college DAVID B. ... Its first junior college was established at Fresno in 1910. In 1915 there were twelve, ..."

4. The Junior High School by Aubrey Augustus Douglass (1917)
"The following cities have either adopted the junior college or have it under consideration. No attempt has been made to collect names of cities outside of ..."

5. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1922)
"B. THE junior college INTRODUCTORY The curricula in the junior college are ... THE JUNIOR CERTIFICATE Registrants in the junior college will receive upon ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Sei Am S 81: 376-7 Je 10 '16 junior colleges junior college. AF Lange. Nat Educ Asan 1916:119-24 junior college and the universities. HR Brush. ..."

7. Engineering Education: Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Society by Meeting (1920)
"The junior college with its two year course of general cultural subjects combined with the preparatory course in mathematics, physics and chemistry would be ..."

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