junior college

noun

|Updated on: 6 Aug 2018

Definition of junior college

: 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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Recent Examples of junior college from the Web

By definition, the eight-team professional league offers high school and junior college players an alternative to NCAA basketball.

— dylan hernandez, latimes.com, "Beyond hype, hope for young players in LaVar Ball's basketball league," 22 June 2018
Sanders came in from junior college and struggled greatly in his first few months, despite having stuff the staff called electric.

— brody miller, NOLA.com, "LSU baseball players and signees to watch for at the MLB Draft this week," 4 June 2018
The Aztecs are known to be pursuing several players, both freshmen, junior college players, traditional transfers who would sit out a year and graduate transfers who would be eligible immediately.

— mark zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, "SDSU basketball lands coveted transfer guard from Pac-12," 7 May 2018
Flowers initially planned to play at Jones County for a year and re-sign with Alabama but didn't realize NCAA rules required him to graduate from junior college to play at the Football Bowl Subdivision level.

— josh bean, AL.com, "What happened to Alabama RB Desherrius Flowers? He's still playing football," 3 May 2018
Rhymes was among the top junior college players in the nation the past two seasons at one of the premier programs in Hutchinson.

— richard obert, azcentral, "Junior college basketball All-American J.J. Rhymes signs with Grand Canyon," 27 Apr. 2018
One of the top junior college tight ends in the country but didn’t blossom until last year with the Hoosiers.

— jim owczarski, Cincinnati.com, "2018 Cincinnati Bengals NFL Draft strategy: Tight ends in need for insurance, future," 18 Apr. 2018
The road is often tough for junior college players.

— hayden barber, kansascity, "South Plains (Texas) players hope to use Juco championship as launching point | The Kansas City Star," 24 Mar. 2018
One year removed from junior college in Midland, Texas, West Aurora graduate Roland Griffin is ready to go dancing Thursday.

— rick armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, "Local notes: Roland Griffin, Iona ready for NCAA first-round test vs. Duke," 14 Mar. 2018

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