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
Lincoln Riley says “there’s not a lot of people in college football history that gave up what I gave up to come here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The college will be housed on the site of the former Jacob's Well council building, which is currently a car park, and aims to open by 2028.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Our determination that our daughters would attend college.
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
The law “really opened up community colleges to people who previously couldn’t access education,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 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
He said "more flexibility around money that is currently ring-fenced" could support colleges help young people into education.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Numerous black colleges were located in Atlanta, and the city was home to the South’s largest population of college-educated African Americans.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Education and Academics, List 1
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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