| Year | Word | Bing | Statement | Adjusted |
| 1968 | disadvantaged | negative | From early childhood through the college years, American schools must offer programs of education sufficiently flexible to meet the needs of all Americans—the advantaged, the average, the disadvantaged and the handicapped alike. | positive |
| 1968 | handicapped | negative | positive | |
| 1968 | denied | negative | We continue to favor tax credits for those burdened with the costs of higher education, and also tax deductions to encourage savings for this purpose. No young American should be denied a quality education because he cannot afford it or find work to meet its costs. | positive |
| 1972 | lack | negative | We have also proposed grant and loan programs to support a national commitment that no qualified student should be barred from college by lack of money. | positive |
| 1972 | stresses | negative | The National Endowment for the Humanities, now greatly enlarged, is fostering improved teaching and scholarship in history, literature, philosophy and ethics. The Endowment also supports programs to raise levels of scholarship and teaching in Afro-American, American Indian and Mexican-American studies, has broadened its fellowship programs to include junior college teachers, and stresses adult or continuing education, including educational television and film series. | positive |
| 1972 | denied | negative | We pledge continued support of collegiate and university efforts to insure that no group in our society—racial, economic, sexual or regional—is denied access to the opportunities of higher education. | positive |
| 1972 | lack | negative | We have also proposed grant and loan programs to support a national commitment that no qualified student should be barred from college by lack of money. The Education Amendment of 1972 embodied substantial portions of that proposal and marked the Nation’s most far-reaching commitment to make higher education available to all. | positive |
| 1972 | denied | negative | We have proposed legislation to ensure that no qualified student is denied a higher education by lack of funds, and have also moved to meet the often-overlooked concerns of the two-thirds of the college-age young not in school. | positive |
| 1972 | lack | negative | positive | |
| 1972 | concerns | negative | positive | |
| 1972 | discrimination | negative | We have recommended and supported passage of Title IX of the Higher Education Act opposing discrimination against women in educational institutions. | positive |
| 1976 | rich | positive | Unless steps are taken immediately, soaring prices will restrict a college education to the rich and those poor enough to qualify now for government aid. | negative |
| 1976 | needy | negative | Federal higher education policy should continue to focus on financial aid for needy individuals, but because the financial ability to go to college is fast slipping out of the grasp of middle income families, more realistic eligibility guidelines for student aid are essential. | positive |
| 1976 | interference | negative | Government interference in the management of colleges and universities must be stopped. | positive |
| 1976 | imposing | negative | Federal support to assist in meeting the grave financial problems of higher education should be forthcoming, but such funds should never be used as devices for imposing added controls. | positive |
| 1988 | discourage | negative | We will keep resources focused on low-income students and address the barriers that discourage minority students from entering and succeeding in institutions of higher education. | positive |
| 1996 | burden | negative | We believe meeting the higher education needs of America will require new, public and private institutions that are flexible, able to apply new technologies, willing to provide access to all those who need it, cost-effective and that place no burden on the American taxpayer. | positive |
| 2000 | denied | negative | No one should be denied a job, promotion, contract, or chance at higher education because of their race or gender. | positive |
| 2004 | breaks | negative | Republicans are working to ensure that college is affordable and accessible for America’s low- and middle-income families through increased funding of grants, low interest student loans, and tax breaks for working families. | positive |
| 2004 | needy | negative | Needy students studying math and science will be eligible to receive additional college aid. | positive |
| 2004 | vice | negative | These grants will help an estimated 5.3 million low-income students pay for higher education—one million more students than when President Bush and Vice President Cheney came to office. | positive |
| 2008 | racism | negative | Free speech on college campuses is to be celebrated, but there should be no place in academia for anti-Semitism or racism of any kind. | positive |
| 2008 | dominates | positive | We affirm the right of students and faculty to express their views in the face of the leftist dogmatism that dominates many institutions. | negative |
| 2012 | crime | negative | Children raised in intact married families are more likely to attend college, are physically and emotionally healthier, are less likely to use drugs or alcohol, engage in crime, or get pregnant outside of marriage. | positive |
| 2012 | exceeds | positive | College costs, however, are on an unsustainable trajectory, rising year by year far ahead of overall inflation. Nationwide, student loan debt now exceeds credit card debt, roughly $23,300 for each of the 35,000,000 debtors, taking years to pay off. | negative |