undergraduates

plural of undergraduate

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Recent Examples of undergraduates Two months later, the University of Notre Dame enhanced its financial aid so that undergraduates with annual household income below $150,000 would have all their tuition costs covered starting with the upcoming academic year. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The system set itself a goal of adding 17,000 in-state undergraduates between 2020 and 2030. Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The private college outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, with some 2,600 undergraduates, is one of hundreds of universities that are admitting students who haven’t even applied. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 The system must add at least 1% more California undergraduates each year. Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 One study in Brazil determined that undergraduates who used AI for studying performed significantly worse on a surprise test than those who studied without AI. Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 In a study now under review, our team examined 15 years of responses from more than 10,000 public university undergraduates in New York state between 2011 and 2026. Ann M. Merriwether, The Conversation, 7 July 2026 Parent borrowing for their undergraduates will also be restricted to $20,000 per student per year, with a lifetime limit of $65,000. Jeffrey Selingo, Time, 2 July 2026 Even at Yale, the humanities were hemorrhaging undergraduates. Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergraduates
Noun
  • Every semester, students walked into my classroom with different levels of confidence, experience and direction.
    Valerie Mcgehee, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Malonga spoke of these students as not just scholars, but future diplomats for African cooking.
    Alicia Erickson, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The federal government should not determine what faculty may research, what students may believe, what ideas may be debated in classrooms, or what conclusions scholars may reach.
    David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Judges for the Indiana Authors Awards included former winners, writers, educators, scholars, local bookstore owners, and librarians.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

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