单词 | community college |
释义 | community collegen. 1. Originally U.S. A non-residential, publicly funded higher education college established to serve a specific community.In the United States, community colleges are two-year institutions offering an associate degree, rather than a full B.A. or B.S. (generally the equivalent of the first two years of a four-year program). ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > college or university > [noun] > college > community college community college1922 village college1924 county college1944 1922 P. P. Claxton in G. F. Zook National Conference Junior Colleges (U.S. Bureau of Educ.) Bull. No. 19. 35 The junior college..is likely..to develop two other more or less distinct types, namely the vocational colleges and the community college. 1936 Los Angeles Times 11 July i. 5 Proposal that the name of the Pasadena Junior College be changed to Pasadena Community College. 1941 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 12 17 In every junior-college district are thousands of persons..who feel the urge for lifelong learning, and who would eagerly avail themselves of the opportunities of a community college. 1961 P. Marshall Soul clap Hands & Sing (1962) 35 His inquisitors had flushed him out from the small community college in upstate New York. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 37 It was 1975 and CIA was still getting more than their share of farm boys,..flunk-outs from community colleges and a few misfits. 2. British. A secondary school or sixth-form college which makes its buildings and facilities available, out of school hours, to the rest of the local community for educational and recreational purposes. Cf. village college n. at village n. Compounds 4, community school n. at community n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > secondary school high schoolc1417 academyc1550 real school1765 central school1794 secondary school1809 real scholar1822 lyceum1827 Realschule1833 gymnasium1834 continuation-school1837 college1841 lycée1865 middle school1870 high1871 senior school1871 senior high1909 secondary modern school1943 comprehensive1947 secondary1962 community college1967 multilateral1967 sec-mod1968 1967 Times 31 Jan. 4/1 (advt.) Lutterworth Grammar School and Community College... Applications are invited..for the post of full-time Second Adult Tutor. 1989 R. G. Burgess Investigating Society (BNC) 101 It is apparent that the teacher's role is seen in broader terms in the community college than in the school. 2002 Leicester Mercury (Electronic ed.) 2 Aug. It's mainly focused on venues like village halls, working men's clubs, community colleges and civic centres. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1922 |
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