noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ community , local
▪ private , public ( AmE ), state ( esp. AmE )
▪ Christian , Ivy League , junior , liberal arts (all AmE )
▪ City Technology College (abbreviated to CTC ) , further education (abbreviated to FE college ) , sixth-form , tertiary , tutorial (all BrE )
▪ university ( esp. BrE )
▪ military , police , secretarial , teachers ( AmE ), teacher-training ( BrE ), technical , training ( esp. BrE )
▪ agricultural , art , music , sports , veterinary
▪ Bible ( AmE ), theological ( esp. BrE )
VERB + COLLEGE
▪ attend , go to
▪ enter , start
▪ forgo ( AmE ), skip
▪ drop out of , flunk out of ( AmE ), quit ( AmE )
▪ finish , graduate ( AmE ), graduate from , leave
▪
After graduating (from) ~, I landed a job in marketing.
COLLEGE + VERB
▪ offer sth , run sth
▪
The ~ runs a course for would-be arts administrators.
▪ attract sb
▪ employ sb
▪ graduate sb ( AmE )
▪
The ~ graduated 50 students last year.
COLLEGE + NOUN
▪ administrator , faculty ( AmE ), lecturer ( esp. BrE ), professor ( esp. AmE ), staff , teacher
▪
the ~ staff (= all the people who work there) ( BrE )
▪
the ~ staff (= all the people who work there apart from those who teach) ( AmE )
▪ chancellor ( esp. AmE ), dean , president ( AmE ), principal ( BrE )
▪ boy , dropout , girl ( esp. AmE ), graduate , kid ( informal ), student
▪ freshman ( esp. AmE ), junior ( AmE ), senior ( AmE ), sophomore ( AmE )
▪ buddy ( informal ), mate ( BrE , informal ), room-mate
▪ fraternity ( AmE )
▪ building , campus
▪ chapel , library , room
▪ accommodation ( BrE ), dorm ( AmE , informal ), dormitory ( AmE )
▪ class ( AmE ), course , degree , education
▪ credits ( AmE )
▪ admissions , application , enrolment/enrollment
▪ graduation
▪
~ graduation exercises ( AmE )
▪ fees ( BrE ), tuition ( AmE )
▪ loan
▪ life
▪ athletics ( AmE ), sports
▪ basketball , football , etc.
▪ bookstore ( esp. AmE )
▪ team
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
▪
She's away at ~ in Virginia.
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I got interested in politics when I was at ~. ( BrE )
▪ in ~
▪
Not all the lecturers are in ~ at any one time. ( BrE )
▪
I got interested in politics when I was in ~. ( AmE )
▪ to ~
▪
He's hoping to go to ~ next year.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of education