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[kol-ij] / ˈkɒl ɪdʒ /


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A recent college graduate with an engineering degree who hadn’t yet secured a full-time job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Putting money into a 529 college savings fund for a grandchild could make higher education attainable for them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

“If I were an NFL general manager, I would go get Justin Herbert and pay any price,” said Rick Neuheisel, the longtime coach and current college football analyst.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Mark Casci, head of policy and representation at West Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, said the city was the "perfect location" for the college.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Colored women were not only required to have a college degree, ideally in math, but they also had to have had a high GPA.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Winston’s priorities for the district include ensuring colleges are a pathway to opportunity and good jobs, that students can afford basic needs and people historically shut out of higher education are let in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

His case forms part of a wider US investigation, dubbed Operation Ghostbusters, into the alleged use of stolen identities to enrol fictitious students at colleges and claim federal financial aid.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

He also wants to make community colleges “cheaper, faster, better” in part by offering students more training for specific jobs and less expensive online textbooks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Brock’s “Writing for a Reason” began airing that September, with 1,400 students enrolled through local community colleges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

And the colleges of Oxford, after a brief and turbulent interlude, were settling back into the calm of scholarship and ritual.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman


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