How to Use higher learning in a Sentence
higher learning
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But what’s a few corn husks to our places of higher learning?
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
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Does a four-year stint at a citadel of higher learning teach us to think, rather than just to get and spend?
—James Atlas, Town & Country, 10 July 2018
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In that wider view, there is good news about college, about higher learning.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
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Lee is less than an ideal title to slap on a place of higher learning.
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2020
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They must be enrolled at an institution of higher learning and be at least 18 years old.
—Beth Mlady, cleveland, 29 July 2022
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This month’s Sagittarius full moon lights up your house of far away travels and higher learning on Monday, June 17.
—Randon Rosenbohm, Allure, 29 May 2019
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This isn't the first time Petersen attempted to move back to her home state for a leading role at one of the state's institutions of higher learning.
—Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023
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The question is how does all of that come into play in terms of what, if anything, should happen to reform our higher learning system.
—cleveland, 4 June 2021
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That does not get at some key questions that all institutions of higher learning need to address.
—Richard Vedder, Forbes, 24 May 2021
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All schools have been closed until 7 April with digital learning in place for secondary schools and higher learning.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
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It’s the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of Alabama.
—Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 23 June 2020
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As immigrants poured into Gary to work at U.S. Steel at the turn of the 20th century, leaders soon recognized the young city needed a place for higher learning.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2022
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Brown’s open curriculum proves to me how, even more than a place of higher learning, Brown is a place of sharing perspective and exploring by your own rules and design.
—refinery29.com, 27 Oct. 2020
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What has happened to the original purpose of our institutes of higher learning?
—WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
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IDs from five of the state's institutions of higher learning don't meet those criteria, according to the lawsuit.
—Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2021
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Biden is a first lady and education advocate with on-the-job knowledge of the importance of higher learning.
—Kate Bennett, CNN, 19 Apr. 2021
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The schools of higher learning are certainly turning out robotic AI creatures.
—Roy Trakin, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
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For more than a century, these schools have been a portal to higher learning for millions of students who otherwise would have settled for a high school diploma.
—David L. Kirp, Star Tribune, 26 May 2021
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This will probably come as a shock to many of you, but there are some institutions of higher learning in this country where football is very important.
—Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
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Any additional revenue from the trust fund would be used to pay for Pell Grants to support higher learning institutions.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2023
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Here’s a primer: America is the only country on the face of the earth that has its institutions of higher learning provide entertainment for the masses.
—Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020
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Several students walked out during Pence's speech at the oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in the U.S.
—Christopher Brito, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2022
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Hughes said the purpose of the bill was to preserve academic freedom and promote discourse at the state’s higher learning institutions.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
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In-state tuition rates for public institutions of higher learning in Georgia are roughly three times smaller than those out-of-state students must pay.
—Lautaro Grinspan, ajc, 11 Feb. 2022
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For this year's winners, their scholarships worth up to some $44 million will be used at 34 partner institutions of higher learning.
—Staff Report, NOLA.com, 9 Sep. 2020
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The University of Maryland is one of the premier institutions of higher learning.
—Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 3 Mar. 2022
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Phillip Brian Harper, the foundation’s program director for higher learning, noted that each of the three schools has a Black president.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
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Lincoln College is scheduled to close its doors Friday, becoming the first U.S. institution of higher learning to shut down in part due to a ransomware attack.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 9 May 2022
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The debate about whether student-athletes are just that or employees where intuitions of higher learning reaped the rewards of the players is still debated today.
—Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
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Youth between the ages of 14-and 26 who are currently enrolled at BMHS or who are at an institution of higher learning are eligible to apply.
—Rich Heileman, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
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