residential college
noun
: college sense 3a
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But in 2021 Princeton announced that the residential college—Princeton’s seventh—would no longer be named for Perelman because the foundation failed to make the gifts as promised. 
William Cohan, Town & Country, 18 Aug. 2022 Climbing walls, omelete bars, lazy rivers, condo-style dormitories—campus perks are often blamed for the rising cost of four-year, residential college in the United States. Emma Whitford, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Yale University renamed a residential college named for John C. Calhoun, the antebellum Southern politician who was an ardent defender of slavery. Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022 Last year, Princeton University removed the name of President Woodrow Wilson from its school of public policy and a residential college. Kaanita Iyer, CNN, 6 Nov. 2021 The university decided last year to remove his name from a residential college and its school of public and international affairs. Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021 The school decided last year to remove his name from a residential college and its school of public affairs and international affairs. Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021 Some Wilson students circulated a petition in June 2020 to change their school’s name after Princeton University removed the former president’s name from the university’s public policy school and residential college. Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021 Meanwhile, in 2017, Yale University, from which Calhoun graduated with high honors in 1804, renamed a residential college that had been named after him in 1933. Charlotte Allen, Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2021 See More
William Cohan, Town & Country, 18 Aug. 2022 Climbing walls, omelete bars, lazy rivers, condo-style dormitories—campus perks are often blamed for the rising cost of four-year, residential college in the United States. Emma Whitford, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Yale University renamed a residential college named for John C. Calhoun, the antebellum Southern politician who was an ardent defender of slavery. Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022 Last year, Princeton University removed the name of President Woodrow Wilson from its school of public policy and a residential college. Kaanita Iyer, CNN, 6 Nov. 2021 The university decided last year to remove his name from a residential college and its school of public and international affairs. Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021 The school decided last year to remove his name from a residential college and its school of public affairs and international affairs. Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021 Some Wilson students circulated a petition in June 2020 to change their school’s name after Princeton University removed the former president’s name from the university’s public policy school and residential college. Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021 Meanwhile, in 2017, Yale University, from which Calhoun graduated with high honors in 1804, renamed a residential college that had been named after him in 1933. Charlotte Allen, Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1991, in the meaning defined above