Sentence examples for modest college from inspiring English sources

Before running Harvard he was president of Lawrence, a more modest college in Wisconsin.

A more modest college football stadium would be built across the river in East Hartford.

"That decline, frankly, is not much of a surprise and it's modest," College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock said.

After a modest college career at Notre Dame, he kicked around the minor leagues before a stint in the N.B.A. last season.

The modest college football facility was largely unsuited to corporate customers, according to Powell, though that revenue stream has gathered momentum with more than 30 suites and other V.I.P. sections available at the team's $200 million downtown home.

Yet in a survey by The Economist in 2013, MBA students ranked its facilities (measured, admittedly, by more than just the quality of its buildings) a lowly 27th in the world, below those of institutions such as Brunel University, a modest college in Uxbridge, in west London.

But some small colleges with not much endowment can keep fee increases modest if they've found a niche.

The library of Göttingen, the pride of 18th-century Germany, would be small even for a new university or a modest liberal-arts college today.

The Division I players described pressure to be part of every team activity, while the players at the more modest levels of college football seemed to feel a bit more personal leeway to take care of academics.

CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 5 - The Knicks' future, presumed to be a brighter, more enjoyable ride than the recent past, began to take shape Tuesday in a nondescript gymnasium tucked into a modest liberal arts college.

"It's an awesome way to travel," says Deeter, who started trading with a modest sum in college while surviving on Ramen noodles.