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- adjective
Bound forcollege ; soon to attend college.
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Examples
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They broke the youth into four categories: 40 percent were working-class “stayers;” 20 percent were collegebound “achievers” and they often left for good; 10 were “seekers” joining the military to see the world; and the rest were “returners,” those who eventually came back home but only a small number of whom were “high fliers,” i.e., professionals.
Is a brain drain “hollowing out” rural America? « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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They broke the youth into four categories: 40 percent were working-class “stayers;” 20 percent were collegebound “achievers” and they often left for good; 10 were “seekers” joining the military to see the world; and the rest were “returners,” those who eventually came back home but only a small number of whom were “high fliers,” i.e., professionals.
A Progressive on the Prairie » Is a brain drain “hollowing out” rural America? » Print 2009
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Schools with kids from wealthier families (and a high percentage of collegebound students) are not viewed as good prospects by military recruiters.
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Schools with kids from wealthier families and a high percentage of collegebound students are not viewed as good prospects by military recruiters.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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Jean-Claude Brizard have talked about the need to increase opportunities not only for collegebound students but for those who bypass college to enter the workforce immediately.
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Jean-Claude Brizard have talked about the need to increase opportunities not only for collegebound students but for those who bypass college to enter the workforce immediately.
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DEAR DEBBIE: On the contrary-thank YOU for a "tip sheet" every collegebound senior should see.
Fore, right! 2010
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DEAR DEBBIE: On the contrary-thank YOU for a "tip sheet" every collegebound senior should see.
Fore, right! 2010
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DEAR DEBBIE: On the contrary-thank YOU for a "tip sheet" every collegebound senior should see.
Fore, right! 2010
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He also recently wrote a piece in the National Book Foundation s fifth edition, a reader for collegebound student s.
Garden City News 2010
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