college
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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
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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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Education and Academics, List 1
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