institution of higher learning

noun phrase

: a college or university

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Arkansas State University, a public institution of higher learning, plans to create a College of Veterinary Medicine. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 10 Sep. 2024 Shalhoub-Kevorkian is a tenured professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel’s most prestigious institution of higher learning. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 20 July 2024 The calls for violence by radical demonstrators this past week has no place at an institution of higher learning. Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2024 In any event, the Wolverines, under Jim Harbaugh, are being investigated by the NCAA’s carabinieri for what, if true, would leave a totally unnecessary black eye on the face of a fine institution of higher learning. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023 Eventually, that school, then called the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls— would become an accredited institution of higher learning known as Bethune-Cookman College and later Bethune-Cookman University, according to the school’s website on its historical roots. Melissa Noel, Essence, 3 Oct. 2023 The first Catholic institution of higher learning, Georgetown. Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 10 July 2023

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“Institution of higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/institution%20of%20higher%20learning. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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