state university
noun
: a university maintained and administered by one of the states of the U.S. as part of the state public educational system
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Its signatories included many Catholic universities, liberal arts colleges, other private universities and a few state universities.
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Kristen Taketa, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
The arrests have not only been concentrated at Ivy League, blue state universities but have also hit states such as Alabama with two Republican senators.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
Also at risk could be grants from the National Institutes of Health to numerous hospitals that conduct clinical research on major diseases, and to state universities across the country.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
But data collected from state universities, colleges and technical colleges shows that 6,581 students currently receive the out-of-state tuition waiver.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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Kristen Taketa, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
The arrests have not only been concentrated at Ivy League, blue state universities but have also hit states such as Alabama with two Republican senators.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
Also at risk could be grants from the National Institutes of Health to numerous hospitals that conduct clinical research on major diseases, and to state universities across the country.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
But data collected from state universities, colleges and technical colleges shows that 6,581 students currently receive the out-of-state tuition waiver.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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“State university.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20university. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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