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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In Northern California, teams tend to skew older, using junior college and college players.
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
For college, 63% of Hoosiers completed some post-secondary education, including vocational/technical schools, junior colleges or four-year colleges, compared to 68% nationally.
—Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
Adams, a junior college transfer from Ajax, Ontario, is a versatile and agile guard with tackle flex.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024
Rams Eddie Meador, Rams defensive star who missed out on Hall of Fame, dies at 86
Sept. 6, 2023
The kid from Compton who’d bounced around four high schools, a junior college and a Division II program was a second-round pick of the reigning Super Bowl champions.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
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John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
For college, 63% of Hoosiers completed some post-secondary education, including vocational/technical schools, junior colleges or four-year colleges, compared to 68% nationally.
—Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
Adams, a junior college transfer from Ajax, Ontario, is a versatile and agile guard with tackle flex.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024
Rams Eddie Meador, Rams defensive star who missed out on Hall of Fame, dies at 86
Sept. 6, 2023
The kid from Compton who’d bounced around four high schools, a junior college and a Division II program was a second-round pick of the reigning Super Bowl champions.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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