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[kol-ij] / ˈkɒl ɪdʒ /


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“USC’s conduct not only ended Baker-Mazara’s college career prematurely, it torpedoed his promising prospects of playing at the next level,” the lawsuit reads.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

But most students rely on college networks for that first opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

A college degree may lead to greater lifetime earnings in some professions, but what about the rest of the wealth picture?

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

But that highly-profitable model is currently crumbling as courts are increasingly treating college athletic conferences as cartels engaged in anti-competitive price-fixing.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

Lippmann spent twenty hours with one hedge fund guy and thought he had him sold, only to have the guy call his college roommate, who worked for some home builder, and change his mind.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

American colleges and universities are part of the wider society and are affected by broad social trends.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

American colleges became incubators of a new Canadian elite, whose parents had attended British universities; by the late 60s, those campuses also fostered a Vietnam-era counterculture that was skeptical of American power.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Bollinger in 2003, upheld colleges and universities engaging in affirmative action, with Justice O’Connor writing an opinion.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

Local colleges had also seen a rise in demand.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

They were prevented from even applying to many colleges and universities.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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