higher education
noun
: education beyond the secondary level
especially
: education provided by a college or university
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Students and their parents worry about the rising cost of higher education.
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Alarm bells are tolling for students of all ages and literacy levels, from trends in COVID-19 recovery, to fundamental reading pedagogy, to reading in higher education, to the features of cognition itself.
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Thomas Howell, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Context: The recent national dip in Black medical school student enrollment follows the Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action in higher education.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Harbin earned a doctoral degree in art history from Rutgers University in 2017 and spent much of her twenties and thirties working in higher education, intending to become a professor.
—Morgan Smith, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
With President Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the federal government, coupled with laws passed by several state legislatures targeting DEI in higher education, conservatives are celebrating significant victories.
—Stephen Porter, National Review, 8 Feb. 2025
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Thomas Howell, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Context: The recent national dip in Black medical school student enrollment follows the Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action in higher education.
—Steph Solis, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Harbin earned a doctoral degree in art history from Rutgers University in 2017 and spent much of her twenties and thirties working in higher education, intending to become a professor.
—Morgan Smith, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
With President Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the federal government, coupled with laws passed by several state legislatures targeting DEI in higher education, conservatives are celebrating significant victories.
—Stephen Porter, National Review, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Higher education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/higher%20education. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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