Need alternative to phrase "alma mater" - help?

[nq:1]Can anyone come up with a viable alternative? "The university/college you attended" does not work me, far too unwieldy.[/nq]
What about just "college attended"? In the U.S. at least, everyone understands that would include universities and JCs as well.

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[nq:2]Can anyone come up with a viable alternative? "The university/college you attended" does not work me, far too unwieldy.[/nq]
[nq:1]What about just "college attended"? In the U.S. at least, everyone understands that would include universities and JCs as well.[/nq]
Hmm. I just noticed you're eircom, so my suggestion probably doesn't work for you. I'll have to let the Brits field this q

[nq:1]I need an alternative to the phrase "alma mater" as I have to compile a report for someone who is ... phrase. Can anyone come up with a viable alternative? "The university/college you attended" does not work me, far too unwieldy.[/nq]
Although that's what I've seen on a fair few application forms. Can you give more context?

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School.

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[nq:1]School.[/nq]
Sorry, that's not going to work in UK English, where it only means Primary or High School.
I usually refer to "my university", although I don't actually own all of it. Can you give us the whole sentence?

David
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[nq:1]Can anyone come up with a viable alternative? "The university/college you attended" does not work me, far too unwieldy.[/nq]
What about those who attended Institutes of Technology or Polytechnic Institutes?
Could you say, "post-secondary education"?

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[nq:1]I need an alternative to the phrase "alma mater" as I have to compile a report for someone who is ... phrase. Can anyone come up with a viable alternative? "The university/college you attended" does not work me, far too unwieldy.[/nq]
"Alma mater" tends, I think, to be used with a possessive "my/our/your alma mater" so could you not just use "my/our/your university"? I'd have thought tha

[nq:1]On 12 Feb 2004, Tom Brehony wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]I need an alternative to the phrase "alma mater" as ... and has already told me not to use this phrase.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Alma mater" tends, I think, to be used with a possessive "my/our/your alma mater" so could you not just use "my/our/your university"? I'd have thought that "which I/we/you attended" would be clear enough from the context.[/nq

[nq:1]Arcadian Rises typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]School.[/nq]
[nq:1]Sorry, that's not going to work in UK English, where it only means Primary or High School. I usually refer to "my university", although I don't actually own all of it. Can you give us the whole sentence?[/nq]
Except in old texts and poetry, where alma mater tends to mean something like home, I had only come across the expre

On 12 Feb 2004 15:52:11 GMT, Dena Jo
[nq:2]What about just "college attended"? In the U.S. at least, everyone understands that would include universities and JCs as well.[/nq]
[nq:1]Hmm. I just noticed you're eircom, so my suggestion probably doesn't work for you. I'll have to let the Brits field this question.[/nq]
A Brit somewhere in Ireland? What's his address? Never mind, we'll get