How to Use community college in a Sentence

community college

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Definition of community collegenext
  • The cost of community college varies based on how many units a student takes and the price of textbooks.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Andy Reid played football at a community college; not in the NFL.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Any money raised by the fee would then be used to fund community colleges within the state.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 July 2023
  • Biden said last week that his plan to provide two years of free community college was on the chopping block.
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2021
  • In the 1970s, the community college took over the property.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 May 2022
  • And free community college is no longer a part of that package.
    — Malaika Jabali, Essence, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Two ways to help that cause is to make community college free and to increase the amount each student receives in Pell grants, King said.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2022
  • San Diego is one of the first community college systems in the state to begin building its own housing.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • More than half of voters are in favor of the child tax credit (55%) and free community college (54%).
    — Pramila Jayapal, CNN, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The area is not far from the community college’s police station on the eastern end of campus.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022
  • And also, the students who go to community college tend to be a little bit later in their lives.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Lee even went to two years of community college in pursuit of the profession.
    — Wren Sanders, Them, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Ever Balladares plans to go to community college in the fall.
    — Jon Marcus, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2022
  • That, of course, is the toughest of all steps, even tougher than a longshot emerging from a former community college to playing time in the G League.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The farm had made his father a living, had sent him to community college and sent his own son off to the state university.
    — Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The first lady promoted the idea at a Des Moines community college last month.
    — Julie Bykowicz and Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Some urged city officials to see what else could be built on the site, with a YMCA, community college and a park among the suggestions.
    — Karen Caffarini, chicagotribune.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • My mother had achieved tenure at her community college, and my father was at a good place with work.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Stephen went to a community college to pursue his dream of becoming a nurse.
    — CBS News, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The campus also plans to work with local high schools and community colleges.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • School districts and the community college have yet to approve budgets or set rates.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024
  • Inside the shelter, located across the street from the community college, bags, shoes and skateboards are stored underneath many of the 27 beds.
    — oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2022
  • For a year on the campaign trail, Maura Healey pitched a plan to help adults across Massachusetts go to community college for free.
    — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Some choose to take classes at the local community college, while others take on jobs.
    — Leticia Miranda, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer, the two friends who helped found the union, had attended community college.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Left off his list were other parts of the proposal, such as free community college.
    — Siobhan Hughes, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The state expects community colleges to issue their own bonds to pay the difference.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Many community college students drop out after the first year, Dr. Logue says.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Within the building, there are coaching offices, strength and conditioning rooms and a wide-open concourse that gives this community college a taste of the big time.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
  • But when Scott was nine years old his dad, Dougald, a biology professor at a community college, gave him a portable black-and-white TV set.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024

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