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Recent Examples of higher learning
The horizon of higher learning annihilated, every university reduced to mushroom clouds.
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Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
Osefo, a woman of multiple degrees and a proponent of higher learning, stars in The Real Housewives of Potomac, which premiered last Sunday on Bravo.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
So congratulations to Claremont McKenna College for cramming hard and rightfully becoming teacher’s pet as the only institute of higher learning in the nation to score better than a C in an evaluation of their free speech policies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
To increase your skill set, take up higher learning when Jupiter puts pressure on the lunar nodes.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 18 May 2025
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Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
Osefo, a woman of multiple degrees and a proponent of higher learning, stars in The Real Housewives of Potomac, which premiered last Sunday on Bravo.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
So congratulations to Claremont McKenna College for cramming hard and rightfully becoming teacher’s pet as the only institute of higher learning in the nation to score better than a C in an evaluation of their free speech policies.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
To increase your skill set, take up higher learning when Jupiter puts pressure on the lunar nodes.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for higher learning
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Those complex feelings were among the findings of the largest study of artificial intelligence in higher education to date, which polled 94,000 students, faculty and staff across 22 CSU campuses from San Diego to Arcata.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Spending for higher education would increase by $19 million over Lamont’s proposal, including financial aid for UConn and Connecticut State University system students and directing money to bus passes for students.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
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Gustavus Adolphus College said in a statement that Banks is on leave and has made plans to cover his teaching and advising duties.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Austrian government plans to accompany the ban with an effort to beef up schools' teaching of how to use media and deal with artificial intelligence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher%20learning. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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