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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                           Strayer Education, Inc.


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned Directors of
Strayer Education, Inc., a Maryland corporation, hereby constitute and appoint
Ron K. Bailey and Harry T. Wilkins, and each of them, the true and lawful
agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in
said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and any one or more of them, to sign for the
undersigned and in their respective names as Directors of the Corporation the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Corporation to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any amendment or amendments to such Registration
Statement, relating to securities of the Corporation acquired under or to be
offered under the the Strayer College, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, and the
undersigned hereby ratify and confirm all acts taken by such agents and
attorneys-in-fact, or anyone or more of them, as herein authorized.

Date:    September 28, 1996




Name                                        Title
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/s/ RON K. BAILEY                          Director
- -----------------------------------                
Ron K. Bailey


/s/ STANLEY G. ELMORE                      Director
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Stanley G. Elmore


/s/ TODD A. MILANO                         Director
- -----------------------------------                
Todd A. Milano


/s/ JENNIE D. SEATON                       Director
- -----------------------------------                
Jennie D. Seaton

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/s/ ROLAND CAREY                           Director
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Roland Carey


/s/ DONALD T. BENSON                       Director
- -----------------------------------                
Donald T. Benson

/s/ G. THOMAS WAITE                        Director
- -----------------------------------                
G. Thomas Waite

/s/ DONALD STODDARD                        Director
- -----------------------------------                                        
Donald Stoddard


/s/ CHARLOTTE BEASON                       Director
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Charlotte Beason






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