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ECU

ECU

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A public university in Greenville, North Carolina, United States
  • proper noun
  • /iː siː juː/
translation icon : East Carolina University
  • All data collected for this study were compiled from existing databases at ECU and its College of Education.
  • East Carolina University (ECU)
  • education at ECU
  • ECU program

Examples

  • The principal results of the ECU study are presented in a paper by G. Fischer and others.

    Academic text (1995)

  • All undergraduate teacher education candidates at ECU are required to complete a two-semester senior internship with a clinical teacher in a public school.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Taken together, the ECU report and the responses to it raise five key questions:

    Academic text (1995)

  • The variables used in this study were the outcome measures used by the teacher education program at ECU.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Three factors have been used as a basis for structuring the ECU program.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Teacher education candidates at ECU must qualify for admission to the upper division to complete the upper-level course requirements.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Chris Duffy had been on the radar of Tennessee, ECU, and Charlotte for a few months.

    Blog text (1)

  • Any face-to-face sessions of the ECU degree coursework are delivered at the hub site campus.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The operational infrastructure for WPE resides in ECU's Office of Teacher Education under the leadership of the director of teacher education.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The student organization at ECU is hosting a variety of events this semester.

Surface Forms

ECU main

Morphology

ECU = E + C + U

This is a university initialism (East Carolina University); the letters are an abbreviation rather than productive morphemes, so the meaning is not derivable from the parts.

Etymology

ECU for the university comes from the first letters of East Carolina University and is used as the school's short name. So students and fans call the school 'ECU' when they talk about it.