teachers college

noun

1. a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.

Word History and Origins

Origin of teachers college¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Mexican police officers shot and killed a student from a rural teachers college on Thursday night in the western party of the country.

From New York Times

He was accepted, and studied for six months there before returning to the teachers college.

From New York Times

In August 2022, a government Truth Commission concluded that a second scandal, the 2014 disappearance of 43 students attending the Ayotzinapa teachers college, had been a “crime of state” involving the army, police and politicians.

From Washington Post

Working with professors at Arizona State University’s teachers college, they piloted a classroom model known as team teaching.

From Seattle Times

The victims — students at a rural teachers college in Ayotzinapa, a poor community in southern Mexico — were at the core of his base of support.

From New York Times