The phrase "a time when college" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific period or experience related to attending college or university.
Example: "I often think back to a time when college felt like a never-ending adventure filled with new experiences."
Alternatives: "an era of college" or "a period during college".
At a time when college has never been more expensive, this is the last thing students should be paying for.
This increase in costs comes at a time when college debt has already reached record levels, damaging the economy and hobbling young graduates.
Such a system ensures that high-income families, who can afford college, pay for it at a time when college budgets are stretched and income inequality is high.
At a time when college costs are climbing, student fees and tuition at Rowan will not increase next school year, according to Ali A. Houshmand, Rowan's president.
I'm old enough to remember a time when college students objected to providing a platform to certain speakers because they were deemed politically unacceptable.
And universities spend substantial amounts of money to send out glossy brochures to the officials in the hope of raising their score — a huge waste of money at a time when college costs are rising so rapidly.
This issue deserves more notice at a time when college-going has become a key measure of U.S. high school success or failure.
Many of the measures Mr. Friedman calls for have a monetary cost at a time when colleges are working hard to control expenses and charges to students.
In his interview, he discusses the changes in higher education nationally and at Stanford University from 1956 to 2015, a time when colleges and universities transitioned from educating for citizenry to educating for participation in the economy and when funding sources also changed.
"But I thought, 'None of us are going to live forever, and who knows what tomorrow will bring.' " The programs have a special allure at a time when colleges and universities are posting sizable, sometimes double-digit, tuition increases.
At a time when colleges wrangle over who ranks highest on the "most wired" list, it seemed like such a quaint idea, almost naive: lure 'em with good teaching.
