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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Friday’s win broke the record for all levels, 57, set in 2009 by Howard College, a junior college in Texas.
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Mitch Light, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Agee’s fifth year of eligibility as a former junior college enrollee is still uncertain.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Baker-Mazara watched Lamont Butler’s iconic buzzer-beater on his phone … on a bus … in Hutchinson, Kan., … at the national junior college tournament.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Marshall joined Boise State in 2024, having started his college career at Texas A&M before going to a junior college.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 27 May 2025
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Mitch Light, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Agee’s fifth year of eligibility as a former junior college enrollee is still uncertain.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Baker-Mazara watched Lamont Butler’s iconic buzzer-beater on his phone … on a bus … in Hutchinson, Kan., … at the national junior college tournament.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Marshall joined Boise State in 2024, having started his college career at Texas A&M before going to a junior college.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 27 May 2025
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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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