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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[  ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

(Print or Type Responses)

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

   Taunus Corp.
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   (Last) (First) (Middle)

   31 West 52nd Street
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   (Street)

   New York, New York 10019
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   (City) (State)  (Zip)

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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   Strayer Education, Inc. (NASD:  STRA)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person (if an entity) (voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Year

   February 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [ ]   Director                             [X]   10% Owner
   [ ]   Officer (give title below)           [ ]   Other (specify below)

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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

   [X] Form filed by one Reporting Person
   [ ] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person

*   If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
    see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                       4.
                                                                                       Securities Acquired (A) or
                                                              3.                       Disposed of (D)
                                                              Transaction              (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
                                      2.                      Code                     -----------------------------
1.                                    Transaction             (Instr. 8)                                  (A)
Title of Security                     Date                    ------------             Amount             or      Price
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)               Code     V                                 (D)
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(1) Common Stock                      2/14/02                 S                          300              D       $48.72
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(2) Common Stock                      2/14/02                 S                          800              D       $48.73
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(3) Common Stock                      2/14/02                 S                        1,000              D       $48.76
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(4) Common Stock                      2/14/02                 S                          200              D       $48.85
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      Table I (cont.) -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                     5.                      6. Owner-
                                     Amount of               ship
                                     Securities              Form:              7.
                                     Beneficially            Direct             Nature of
                                     Owned at End            (D) or             Indirect
1.                                   of Month                Indirect           Beneficial
Title of Security                    (Instr. 3               (I)                Ownership
(Instr. 3)                           and 4)                  (Instr.4)          (Instr. 4)
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(1) Common Stock                     1,628,100               I                 Parent(1)
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(2) Common Stock                     1,628,100               I                 Parent(1)
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(3) Common Stock                     1,628,100               I                 Parent(1)
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(4) Common Stock                     1,628,100               I                 Parent(1)
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(1)  The subject trades listed in Table I involved shares owned by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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                                                                                                     6.
                                                                                                     Date
                                                                      5.                             Exercisable and
                         2.                            4.             Number of Derivative           Expiration Date
1.                       Conversion or                 Transaction    Securities Acquired (A)        (Month/Day/Year)
Title of                 Exercise        3.            Code           or Disposed of (D)            ----------------
Derivative               Price of        Transaction   (Instr. 8)     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)            Date          Expira-
Security                 Derivative      Date (Month/  ------         -----------------------        Exer-         tion
(Instr. 3)               Security        Day/Year)     Code    V      (A)             (D)            cisable       Date
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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Table II (cont.) -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
     Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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                          7.
                          Title and Amount
                          of Underlying                                                            10.
                          Securities                                              9.               Ownership
                          (Instr. 3 and 4)                                        Number of        Form of
                          ----------------                                        Derivative       Derivative      11.
1.                                          Amount              8.                Securities       Securities      Nature of
Title of                                    or                  Price of          Beneficially     Beneficially    Indirect
Derivative                                  Number              Derivative        Owned            Owned at        Beneficial
Security                                    of                  Security          at End of Month  End of Month    Ownership
(Instr. 3)                Title             Shares              (Instr. 5)        (Instr.4)        (Instr. 4)      (Instr. 4)
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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Explanation of Responses:



Taunus Corp.

       /s/ James T. Byrne, Jr.                                  6/11/02
By:------------------------------------------            -----------------------
   Name:   James T. Byrne, Jr.                                   Date
   Title:  Secretary

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